Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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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...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- King Edward III and York
- Our Lady's Row
- Transport Moves On
- The Debtors' Prison
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Fire in the Minster
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Norman House
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- William Etty, Artist
- Is York Cursed?
- Vikings and Christianity
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Alcuin of York
- A New Vision For York