Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The County Court House
- The Roman Fortress
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Our Lady's Row
- Second World War York
- The Norman Castle
- New Earswick
- The Greyfriars
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Council of Arles
- The Medieval Castle
- Minster Library
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The York Observatory
- Cumberland House, King's Staith