Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Dick Turpin
- The York Observatory
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bootham School
- Eric Bloodaxe
- A New Walk
- Olive Oil Container
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Lendal Tower
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Is York Cursed?
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop