Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Viking Boot
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- John Carr - Architect
- Fire in the Minster
- A New Walk
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- St William's Shrine
- York Bombed
- York Railway Station
- Statue of an Athlete
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Medieval Castle