Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- York Bombed
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Statue of an Athlete
- New Earswick
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Shambles
- King Edward III and York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The York Observatory
- Anglian Carving
- Our Lady's Row
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Monk Bar
- York and the Holocaust
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries