Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The New Theatre
- Barker Tower
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York Art Gallery
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Medieval Castle
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Edward II and York
- The Cawood Sword
- Cinema Comes to York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Viking Coins
- St Crux's Church
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- View from Station Rise
- William Etty, Artist