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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Lendal Bridge
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Guildhall
- The Abbot's House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Judges Lodging
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Lendal Tower
- Barley Hall
- The Council of Arles