Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- York Art Gallery
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Norman Abbey
- The Cawood Sword
- The Council of Arles
- William Etty, Artist
- John Carr - Architect
- A Pipkin
- Holy Trinity Church
- Medieval Prisons
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Norman Minster
- The 1190 Massacre
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Roman Head Pot