Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- Royal Station Hotel
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Guildhall
- The Railway Institute
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bootham School
- Viking Boot
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Feeding Roman York
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- First World War Memorial