Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- Feeding Roman York
- Monk Bar
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Statue of Napoleon
- Transport Moves On
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Council of Arles
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- New Earswick
- Cinema Comes to York
- Church of St Helen
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York's Airfield
- The Greyfriars
- Statue of an Athlete