Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Crest of York St John College
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Norman House
- Is York Cursed?
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Viking Boot
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The George Fox Incident
- King Edward I and York
- The Victorian Prison Building