Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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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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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Crest of York St John College
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Roman Head Pot
- The County Court House
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York and the Holocaust
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- St William's Shrine
- The Multangular Tower
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Newgate Cross Shaft