Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Multangular Tower
- The Guildhall
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Feeding Roman York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Margaret Clitherow
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Anglian Cross
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Roman Head Pot
- A Pipkin
- The Horn of Ulf