Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Fishergate Bar
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Jubbergate
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Barker Tower
- The Basilica
- Guy Fawkes
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bootham Bar
- Middleham Jewel
- Silver Strap Ends
- Roman Head Pot
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Scarborough Bridge
- Church of St Olave