Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Scarborough Bridge
- York Railway Station
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The County Court House
- Feeding Roman York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Guy Fawkes
- Holy Trinity Church
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Victoria Bar
- York and the Holocaust
- Bootham School