Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The York Observatory
- King Edward II and York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Shambles
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bronze weights
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Central Library
- Ripon College for Women
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- A New University
- The Railway King: George Hudson