Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Jewbury Cemetery
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- St Crux's Church
- First World War Memorial
- The First Railway Station
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Medieval Minster
- York and the Holocaust
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Minster Library
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- New Earswick
- Alcuin of York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Gold Arm Ring
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'