Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- First World War Memorial
- Inscription to Hecules
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Margaret Clitherow
- New Earswick
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Roman Head Pot
- York Central Library
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Church of St Helen
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Female Prison
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Central Methodist Chapel