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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Railway Institute
- The York Observatory
- St Crux's Church
- De Grey Rooms
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The First Minster
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York Castle Museum
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Water Lanes
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Battle of the Standard
- Margaret Clitherow
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Olive Oil Container
- The Victorian Prison Building
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York