Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The York Helmet
- Fire in the Minster
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Crest of York St John College
- The Guildhall
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- New Earswick
- The Mansion House
- The New Theatre
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Holy Trinity Church
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York's Airfield