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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Norman Minster
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Clifford's Tower
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Crest of York St John College
- Bootham Bar
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Norman House
- York and the Holocaust
- Victoria Bar
- Daniel Defoe's York
- King Edward III and York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The End of the Abbey