Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- Eric Bloodaxe
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- George Leeman
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Norman Window Frame
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Scarborough Bridge
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Debtors' Prison
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York Bombed
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's first historian: Francis Drake