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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Medieval Prisons
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Viking Silk Cap
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- King Richard II and York
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Retreat
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Fairfax House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Sixties York