Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- York Art Gallery
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Crux's Church
- Rowntree Park
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The 1190 Massacre
- New Earswick
- A Pipkin
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Medieval Minster
- Ripon College for Women