Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Ouse Bridge
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Barker Tower
- The Black Death
- The First Minster
- Guy Fawkes
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Dick Turpin
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- John Carr - Architect
- The Railway Institute
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King Richard III and York
- Alcuin of York