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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Fishergate Bar
- Royal Station Hotel
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Female Prison
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Black Death
- Jubbergate
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Barker Tower
- Silver Strap Ends
- Stonegate
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Statue of an Athlete
- King Edward II and York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Roman Head Pot