Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Water Lanes
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Inscription to Hecules
- First World War Memorial
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- George Leeman
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- John Carr - Architect
- Barker Tower
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Norman House
- Monk Bar
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Middleham Jewel
- Church of St Helen
- St Crux's Church