Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Norman Minster
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Margaret Clitherow
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Anglian Cross
- The White Rose of York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Monk Bar
- York Castle Museum
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Statue of the God Mars