Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mystery Plays
- The Railway Institute
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Bar Convent
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Viking Male Grooming
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Water Lanes
- Alcuin of York
- The Assembly Rooms
- York's Airfield
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Shambles
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The York Observatory
- Victoria Bar