Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- Bronze weights
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- King Edward II and York
- King Richard III and York
- Statue of an Athlete
- Water Lanes
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Railway Station
- York's Coat of Arms
- Victoria Bar
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- A New Walk
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King Edward III and York
- The George Fox Incident
- Alcuin of York