Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Sixties York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Medieval Prisons
- King Edward II and York
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Walmgate Bar
- Fairfax House
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Shambles
- York and the Holocaust
- York's Airfield
- A Pipkin
- Bronze weights
- Stonegate