Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- The Female Prison
- The Minster in Viking Times
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Transport Moves On
- The George Fox Incident
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Red Tower
- The Guildhall
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Railway Station
- Central Methodist Chapel
- King Edward III and York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York's Coat of Arms
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy