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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- The York Hoard
- Viking Silk Cap
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Anglian Cross
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Cinema Comes to York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Debtors' Prison
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Multangular Tower
- William Etty, Artist
- King Richard III and York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey