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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- Mary Ward
- King Edward III and York
- Ouse Bridge
- The Guildhall
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Basilica
- The Cawood Sword
- The George Fox Incident
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Female Prison
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Assembly Rooms
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)