Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Red Tower
- The First Railway Station
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Alcuin of York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Micklegate Bar
- York Bombed
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Judges Lodging
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Walmgate Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa