Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Olive Oil Container
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Monk Bar
- Statue of the God Mars
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Church of St Olave
- Bone Trial Piece
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Dick Turpin
- Clifford's Tower
- York Central Library
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Second World War York
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Cawood Sword
- The Victorian Prison Building