Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Fire in the Minster
- The New Theatre
- Feeding Roman York
- Gold Finger Ring
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Red Tower
- The Mansion House
- The Female Prison
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- St William's Shrine
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Medieval Minster
- Jubbergate
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop