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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Monk Bar
- The Guildhall
- York Railway Station
- The Bar Convent
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Scarborough Bridge
- Stonegate
- Clifford's Tower
- Micklegate Bar
- Dick Turpin
- Norman Window Frame
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Daniel Defoe's York