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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- Royal Station Hotel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Statue of an Athlete
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- 62 Low Petergate
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bone Trial Piece
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- St Crux's Church
- A Pipkin
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Second World War York
- King Edward III and York
- The Roman Fortress