Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Industrial Upheaval
- Medieval Prisons
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Royal Station Hotel
- A New Walk
- Jubbergate
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- George Leeman
- Teaching the Poor
- Cinema Comes to York
- Transport Moves On
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Anglian Carving
- The First Railway Station
- Ripon College for Women