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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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Abbot's House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Treasurer's House
- The Railway Institute
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Scarborough Bridge
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Minster Library
- York Art Gallery
- Medieval Prisons
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- St William's Shrine
- The White Rose of York