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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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Teaching the Poor
- York Railway Station
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The County Court House
- York and the Holocaust
- The Guildhall
- The Assembly Rooms
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Medieval Prisons
- Gold Arm Ring
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Minster after the Reformation
- New Earswick
- Bronze weights