Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- Feeding Roman York
- York and the Holocaust
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Debtors' Prison
- The County Court House
- The Greyfriars
- The Battle of the Standard
- William Etty, Artist
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Bootham Bar
- Yorkshire Museum
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Teaching the Poor
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Stonegate
- Margaret Clitherow