Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Norman Abbey
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Inscription to Hecules
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Female Prison
- York's Airfield
- Royal Station Hotel
- Alcuin of York
- Feeding Roman York
- First World War York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Is York Cursed?
- Viking Coins
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bootham Bar