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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Our Lady's Row
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The York Observatory
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The York Hoard
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The New Theatre
- Barley Hall
- Military Belt Fitting
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Alcuin of York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Water Lanes
- Barker Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse