Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Treasurer's House
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bronze weights
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Norman Minster
- Is York Cursed?
- Barker Tower
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The First Minster
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The County Court House
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The White Rose of York