Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- St Crux's Church
- York Central Library
- George Leeman
- De Grey Rooms
- The Multangular Tower
- Inscription to Hecules
- King Richard II and York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Sixties York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Hospitium
- Treasurer's House
- The Abbot's House
- The Council of Arles
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning