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 City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- The Debtors' Prison
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Mystery Plays
- York in the fifteenth Century
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Vikings and Christianity
- A New Walk
- Inscription to Hecules
- York Union Gas Works
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Judges Lodging
- First World War Memorial
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Shambles
- The Black Death