Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- Rowntree Park
- York Union Gas Works
- Barley Hall
- The Mystery Plays
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Olive Oil Container
- The Railway Institute
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Constantius Chlorus
- Clifford's Tower
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Anglian Carving
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Female Prison