Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Norman Castle
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Inscription to Hecules
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Viking Sword Pommel
- King Richard III and York
- Judges Lodging
- The York Hoard
- York and the Holocaust
- The End of the Abbey
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Norman Window Frame
- The Medieval Castle
- The George Fox Incident