Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- York and the Holocaust
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Mansion House
- William Etty, Artist
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Alcuin of York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Judges Lodging
- Bronze weights
- York Union Gas Works
- The York Hoard
- King Edward I and York
- The Debtors' Prison
- The York Observatory
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York's first historian: Francis Drake