Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Scarborough Bridge
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York and the Holocaust
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Guildhall
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York Art Gallery
- Jubbergate
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Stonegate
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Horn of Ulf
- Elizabeth Boardingham