Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- York Castle Museum
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Mystery Plays
- The Railway Institute
- Margaret Clitherow
- Judges Lodging
- The Mansion House
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York's Coat of Arms
- King Edward II and York
- 62 Low Petergate
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Lendal Tower
- Transport Moves On
- Daniel Defoe's York
- First World War Memorial