Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- The Red Tower
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Medieval Prisons
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Constantius Chlorus
- De Grey Rooms
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Black Death
- Middleham Jewel
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Church of St Helen
- The Railway Institute
- The Minster in the 18th Century