Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Medieval Abbey
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Anglian Carving
- The Medieval Minster
- Vikings and Christianity
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Yorkshire Museum
- Viking Coins
- Military Belt Fitting
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate