Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- Teaching the Poor
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Railway Institute
- St Leonard's Hospital
- A Pipkin
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The 1190 Massacre
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Water Lanes
- Ripon College for Women
- The Basilica
- Amber Bead Workshop