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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Rowntree Park
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Industrial Upheaval
- William Etty, Artist
- York and the Holocaust
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Treasurer's House
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Alcuin of York
- Yorkshire Museum
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Minster after the Reformation
- St Leonard's Hospital