Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Norman Abbey
- Bootham School
- The Debtors' Prison
- Sixties York
- The Council of Arles
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- 62 Low Petergate
- Bronze weights
- York Castle Museum
- King Richard II and York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- A Pipkin
- Bone Trial Piece
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Norman Castle