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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 Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- Rowntree Park
- King Richard III and York
- The White Rose of York
- First World War Memorial
- George Leeman
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Fishergate Bar
- The Council of Arles
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Greyfriars
- The Debtors' Prison
- Victoria Bar
- Queen Margaret's Arch