Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman House
- The Red Tower
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The George Fox Incident
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Gold Finger Ring
- King Richard III and York
- Bootham School
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Barley Hall
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Crest of York St John College
- Bootham Bar
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St Crux's Church
- The Mystery Plays
- Constantius Chlorus