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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Cinema Comes to York
- York Bombed
- The Norman Minster
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Anglian Cross
- Norman Window Frame
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Mystery Plays
- 62 Low Petergate
- Jubbergate
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Walmgate Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Barker Tower