Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Olive Oil Container
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Sixties York
- Water Lanes
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- A Pipkin
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Statue of the God Mars
- George Leeman
- Clifford's Tower
- Bootham School
- Lendal Tower
- The Mansion House
- The Female Prison