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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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Bombed
- New Shopping Centres
- Jewbury Cemetery
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Silver Strap Ends
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- De Grey Rooms
- Bootham Bar
- Statue of Napoleon
- A New Vision For York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- 62 Low Petergate
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bootham School
- The 1190 Massacre