Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Olive Oil Container
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- 62 Low Petergate
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Water Lanes
- First World War York
- Dick Turpin
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Retreat
- The Railway Institute
- York's first historian: Francis Drake