Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Sixties York
- First World War Memorial
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York Garrison
- Judges Lodging
- King Richard II and York
- Ouse Bridge
- York Bombed
- The Retreat
- Gold Arm Ring
- Dick Turpin
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Railway Institute
- Teaching the Poor
- Vale of York Viking Hoard