Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- Church of St Helen
- Feeding Roman York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Fire in the Minster
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- St William's Shrine
- New Earswick
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A New Walk
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Is York Cursed?
- Transport Moves On
- Guy Fawkes
- The Railway King: George Hudson