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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The County Court House
- Dick Turpin
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The York Helmet
- Viking Male Grooming
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Lendal Tower
- The Mystery Plays
- The Greyfriars
- York Castle Museum
- The Railway Institute
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Horn of Ulf
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Eric Bloodaxe