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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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Viking Silk Cap
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Medieval Prisons
- The Mystery Plays
- Is York Cursed?
- The Basilica
- York and the Holocaust
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Cinema Comes to York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Norman Minster
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Anglian Burial Vessel