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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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman Castle
- Second World War York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Royal Station Hotel
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Lendal Bridge
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Feeding Roman York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Crest of York St John College
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Church of St Helen
- Medieval Prisons