Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The First Railway Station
- Crest of York St John College
- Statue of an Athlete
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Retreat
- De Grey Rooms
- The New Theatre
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Norman Window Frame
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Roman Head Pot