Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of St Helen
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Transport Moves On
- Barker Tower
- Jubbergate
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Rowntree Park
- The Norman Minster
- Mary Ward
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Statue of Napoleon
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York's Medieval Synagogue