Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Hospitium
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Female Prison
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Railway Institute
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Roman Head Pot
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York Bombed
- The Norman Minster