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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- King Edward I and York
- Anglian Cross
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The First Railway Station
- Sixties York
- Water Lanes
- York in the fifteenth Century
- King Richard III and York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- William Etty, Artist
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Fishergate Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- A New University