Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York Central Library
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Mansion House
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Viking Coins
- Dick Turpin
- The Horn of Ulf
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Middleham Jewel
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Victorian Prison Building