Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Our Lady's Row
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Jewbury Cemetery
- King Richard II and York
- The Red Tower
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Fishergate Bar
- Transport Moves On
- The Medieval Castle
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Teaching the Poor
- York Central Library
- The Minster in the 18th Century