Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Minster
- John Carr - Architect
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Water Lanes
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Middleham Jewel
- The County Court House
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Black Death
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The York Observatory
- The York Helmet
- Medieval Prisons
- Vikings and Christianity
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster in the 20th Century