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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Treasurer's House
- George Leeman
- View from Station Rise
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Mithras and Arimanius
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Norman Minster
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Teaching the Poor
- Statue of an Athlete
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Trams Pulled by Horses