Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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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 Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Second World War York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Multangular Tower
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Barley Hall
- Statue of an Athlete
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Statue of Napoleon
- The White Rose of York
- Judges Lodging
- Medieval Prisons
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Our Lady's Row
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate