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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- New Earswick
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Monk Bar
- Judges Lodging
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Debtors' Prison
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Royal Station Hotel
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- 62 Low Petergate
- The 1190 Massacre
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Viking Boot
- Dick Turpin
- York's Coat of Arms