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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- King Edward III and York
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Norman Window Frame
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bronze weights
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Council of Arles
- York's Airfield
- The George Fox Incident
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- A Pipkin
- The Cawood Sword