Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- King Richard II and York
- Fire in the Minster
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Scarborough Bridge
- Military Belt Fitting
- New Earswick
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Anglian Carving
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Ouse Bridge
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Mansion House
- The First Minster
- Bones of a Roman Combatant