Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- York Bombed
- First World War Memorial
- The First Railway Station
- William Etty, Artist
- The Red Tower
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Is York Cursed?
- York and the Holocaust
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Medieval Prisons
- The End of the Abbey
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- 62 Low Petergate
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Olive Oil Container