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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- Margaret Clitherow
- Skeldergate Bridge
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Medieval Minster
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Alcuin of York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St Crux's Church
- The Shambles
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- New Shopping Centres
- The White Rose of York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers