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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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Abbot's House
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Mary Ward
- The Mystery Plays
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The New Theatre
- King Edward I and York
- The Multangular Tower
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Is York Cursed?
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bronze weights
- The George Fox Incident
- Lendal Tower
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York Bombed
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool