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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Mansion House
- Transport Moves On
- Minster Library
- 62 Low Petergate
- Water Lanes
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Cawood Sword
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York and the Holocaust
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Shambles
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Anglian Cross
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Teaching the Poor