Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Roman Fortress
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York Bombed
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Central Library
- The Medieval Castle
- Jubbergate
- The First Minster
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Guildhall
- Bootham School