Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- King Edward I and York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Ripon College for Women
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Church of St Helen
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A New University
- The Norman Abbey
- Bootham School
- The New Theatre
- The Hospitium
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Vikings and Christianity
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Church of St Wilfrid