Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- Cinema Comes to York
- George Leeman
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Medieval Prisons
- A New University
- View from Station Rise
- The Railway Institute
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- De Grey Rooms
- Gold Finger Ring
- King Richard II and York
- Feeding Roman York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York and the Holocaust
- The Bar Convent
- The Black Death