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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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- The York Observatory
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- A New Vision For York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Mithras and Arimanius
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Anglian Carving
- Yorkshire Museum
- Jubbergate
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York Castle Museum
- George Leeman
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers