Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Walmgate Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Fire in the Minster
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Multangular Tower
- The Medieval Minster
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The George Fox Incident
- Water Lanes
- Is York Cursed?
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The White Rose of York
- Stonegate