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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- A New Walk
- Viking Male Grooming
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- A Pipkin
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Water Lanes
- The Roman Fortress
- Feeding Roman York
- Transport Moves On
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Viking Silk Cap
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- New Earswick