Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Dick Turpin
- Medieval Prisons
- The Norman Abbey
- Guy Fawkes
- King Edward I and York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Statue of an Athlete
- Barker Tower
- The Victorian Prison Building
- St Leonard's Hospital
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Walmgate Bar
- Mary Ward
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York