Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- St William's Shrine
- The Mansion House
- The Red Tower
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- St Leonard's Hospital
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Teaching the Poor
- Ouse Bridge
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Ripon College for Women