Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- Teaching the Poor
- The Battle of the Standard
- Minster Library
- The Norman Castle
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The York Observatory
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Norman House
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Margaret Clitherow
- Artists, Writers and Scientists