Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- King Richard III and York
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Victoria Bar
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The County Court House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Minster Library
- The George Fox Incident
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Retreat
- William Etty, Artist
- Alcuin of York