Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Railway Institute
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Multangular Tower
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Constantius Chlorus
- The York Observatory
- The Norman Minster
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Rebuilt in Stone
- A New Vision For York
- Dick Turpin