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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Is York Cursed?
- York Central Library
- Dick Turpin
- The Minster in Viking Times
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Battle of the Standard
- Ouse Bridge
- Royal Station Hotel
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- View from Station Rise
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Industrial Upheaval
- Stonegate
- The 1190 Massacre
- York's Medieval Synagogue