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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Yorkshire Museum
- A New Walk
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Inscription to Hecules
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Debtors' Prison
- Anglian Carving
- The Red Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Retreat
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Hospitium