Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- The Medieval Minster
- Crest of York St John College
- Bone Trial Piece
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Black Death
- A Pipkin
- Margaret Clitherow
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York Bombed
- York Railway Station
- Fairfax House
- The Horn of Ulf
- Ouse Bridge
- The Roman Fortress
- William Etty, Artist
- Medieval Prisons