Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- The County Court House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Micklegate Bar
- The Victorian Prison Building
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Second World War York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Anglian Cross
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Sixties York
- The Guildhall
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Viking Boot
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Mansion House
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop