Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Water Lanes
- Mary Ward
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Norman Castle
- York Art Gallery
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The York Hoard
- Lendal Tower
- York Union Gas Works
- The Horn of Ulf
- Teaching the Poor
- The Norman Abbey
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning