Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Stonegate
- York Garrison
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Norman Minster
- The Horn of Ulf
- Yorkshire Museum
- Clifford's Tower
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- William Etty, Artist
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- A Pipkin
- Vikings and Christianity