Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Bar Convent
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Greyfriars
- The End of the Abbey
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Sixties York
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Medieval Abbey
- York Art Gallery
- The Hospitium
- First World War York
- York Union Gas Works
- Judges Lodging
- The Debtors' Prison
- Treasurer's House