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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York's Airfield
- Rowntree Park
- York Union Gas Works
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Cinema Comes to York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The First Railway Station
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Anglian Carving
- The Greyfriars
- Transport Moves On
- Yorkshire Museum