Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Rebuilt in Stone
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Walmgate Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Hospitium
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- 62 Low Petergate
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- King Richard II and York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Fire in the Minster
- Roman Chimney Pot