Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Sixties York
- The Cawood Sword
- Monk Bar
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Barley Hall
- Barker Tower
- New Earswick
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Norman Castle
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Railway Station
- Skeldergate Bridge
- A Pipkin
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York's Medieval Synagogue