Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Daniel Defoe's York
- View from Station Rise
- Medieval Prisons
- Royal Station Hotel
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Black Death
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Rowntree Park
- Barker Tower
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York Railway Station
- The Council of Arles
- New Earswick
- Fairfax House
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Norman Castle