Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- York Central Library
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Hospitium
- York Union Gas Works
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bootham School
- York Castle Museum
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Medieval Minster
- Walmgate Bar
- Monk Bar
- The Mystery Plays
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Greyfriars