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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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Leonard's Hospital
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Medieval Castle
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Industrial Upheaval
- Clifford's Tower
- Cinema Comes to York
- 62 Low Petergate
- St Crux's Church
- The Multangular Tower
- The Greyfriars
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Victorian Prison Building