Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Guy Fawkes
- King Edward I and York
- The Medieval Castle
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Mansion House
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The County Court House
- View from Station Rise
- The Norman Castle
- Industrial Upheaval
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Red Tower
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool