Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The York Helmet
- Ripon College for Women
- George Leeman
- Minster Library
- New Earswick
- Eric Bloodaxe
- First World War York
- The Council of Arles
- The Black Death
- The Multangular Tower
- Statue of Napoleon
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Bronze weights
- The Mystery Plays