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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Bombed
- York Union Gas Works
- The Norman Minster
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Middleham Jewel
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Abbot's House
- Bronze weights
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Water Lanes
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bones of a Roman Combatant