Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Crest of York St John College
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York and the Holocaust
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bronze weights
- York Art Gallery
- New Shopping Centres
- Scarborough Bridge
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Judges Lodging
- Sixties York
- View from Station Rise
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Basilica