Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Multangular Tower
- The First Railway Station
- Statue of Napoleon
- Aldwark Synagogue
- George Leeman
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Railway Institute
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman Castle
- Inscription to Hecules
- Statue of the God Mars
- Church of St Helen
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Greyfriars
- The New Theatre
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall