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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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Vikings and Christianity
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Bronze weights
- The Horn of Ulf
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Retreat
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- King Edward I and York
- King Richard II and York
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's first historian: Francis Drake