Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Clifford's Tower
- The Basilica
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Abbot's House
- The Battle of the Standard
- Royal Station Hotel
- Gold Arm Ring
- King Richard III and York
- Monk Bar
- Lendal Tower
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Yorkshire Museum
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Greyfriars
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)