Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- Clifford's Tower
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The George Fox Incident
- The Medieval Minster
- York Railway Station
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Cawood Sword
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Abbot's House
- The Norman Castle
- Industrial Upheaval
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York's Airfield
- 62 Low Petergate
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'