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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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- The Mansion House
- York Union Gas Works
- The Debtors' Prison
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Guy Fawkes
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Anglian Carving
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Micklegate Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Middleham Jewel
- Mary Ward
- The York Observatory