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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Inscription to Hecules
- Micklegate Bar
- The York Helmet
- The York Observatory
- Gold Finger Ring
- A New Walk
- Church of St Helen
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- St Crux's Church
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- First World War Memorial