Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- A New Vision For York
- York's Coat of Arms
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Roman Head Pot
- Margaret Clitherow
- Yorkshire Museum
- York Union Gas Works
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Teaching the Poor
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- De Grey Rooms
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake