Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Treasurer's House
- The Medieval Abbey
- A New Vision For York
- Barley Hall
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Walmgate Bar
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Fishergate Bar
- The Retreat
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Roman Head Pot
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Middleham Jewel
- Jubbergate
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Skeldergate Bridge