Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War York
- Barley Hall
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Middleham Jewel
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The First Railway Station
- Transport Moves On
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The York Hoard
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Alcuin of York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Battle of the Standard
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Industrial Upheaval