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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Middleham Jewel
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- King Richard II and York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Castle Museum
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- De Grey Rooms
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The First Railway Station
- Vikings and Christianity
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'