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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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Holy Trinity Church
- Barker Tower
- The Assembly Rooms
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Military Belt Fitting
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Castle Museum
- The Greyfriars
- Statue of an Athlete
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Judges Lodging
- The Shambles