Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- Transport Moves On
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Horn of Ulf
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The York Helmet
- St William's Shrine
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Bootham School
- The Assembly Rooms
- Medieval Prisons
- New Earswick
- Cinema Comes to York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York's Medieval Synagogue