Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York Union Gas Works
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- 62 Low Petergate
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Statue of an Athlete
- York's Airfield
- The Battle of the Standard
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop