Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The York Observatory
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Norman Castle
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Council of Arles
- The Norman Abbey
- The George Fox Incident
- Walmgate Bar
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Middleham Jewel
- The Female Prison
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Crest of York St John College