Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- John Carr - Architect
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- St Crux's Church
- The First Railway Station
- The York Observatory
- The Mansion House
- Vikings and Christianity
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Anglian Carving
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Barley Hall
- The Victorian Prison Building
- First World War York
- Rebuilt in Stone