Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- Judges Lodging
- Yorkshire Museum
- Roman Head Pot
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York in the fifteenth Century
- A New Walk
- York and the Holocaust
- Ripon College for Women
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- First World War York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Hospitium
- The Bar Convent
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bootham Bar