Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- Anglian Carving
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Mystery Plays
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- A New Walk
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Middleham Jewel
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Treasurer's House
- York and the Holocaust