Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- George Leeman
- Feeding Roman York
- The Red Tower
- Guy Fawkes
- A New Vision For York
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- King Edward I and York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- New Shopping Centres
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'