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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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Yorkshire Museum
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Ripon College for Women
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- New Shopping Centres
- Lendal Tower
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- A Pipkin
- Mary Ward
- Micklegate Bar
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The George Fox Incident
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Pilgrimage of Grace