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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Coat of Arms
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- John Carr - Architect
- Fishergate Bar
- Constantius Chlorus
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Dick Turpin
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- De Grey Rooms
- The York Observatory
- The Bar Convent
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Greyfriars
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York's first historian: Francis Drake