Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bronze weights
- York Railway Station
- Middleham Jewel
- The Bar Convent
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Norman House
- Anglian Carving
- King Edward III and York
- Barley Hall
- The Battle of the Standard
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Judges Lodging