Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Constantius Chlorus
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Margaret Clitherow
- Judges Lodging
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York Railway Station
- The Minster after the Reformation
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Union Gas Works
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'