Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- Micklegate Bar
- The Bar Convent
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Fairfax House
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Council of Arles
- The Retreat
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Red Tower
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- New Shopping Centres