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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- The Norman Castle
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Council of Arles
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Female Prison
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York Railway Station
- The Railway Institute
- The White Rose of York
- The Norman House
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Bar Convent
- The New Theatre