Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The York Helmet
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Guy Fawkes
- The Medieval Abbey
- Margaret Clitherow
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Medieval Prisons
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Scarborough Bridge
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Anglian Cross
- Holy Trinity Church
- New Earswick