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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- Olive Oil Container
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Black Death
- York's Coat of Arms
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Mystery Plays
- Dick Turpin
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Transport Moves On
- Ripon College for Women
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- King Edward I and York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street