Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York Union Gas Works
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Cinema Comes to York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Shambles
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Feeding Roman York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Sixties York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Fishergate Bar
- The George Fox Incident