Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- King Richard III and York
- Fishergate Bar
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Basilica
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York Railway Station
- York and the Holocaust
- Scarborough Bridge
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- First World War Memorial
- New Earswick
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- New Shopping Centres