Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Bar Convent
- The End of the Abbey
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- King Edward I and York
- The Norman Abbey
- Second World War York
- Water Lanes
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Fairfax House
- Inscription to Hecules
- View from Station Rise
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Greyfriars
- George Leeman
- King Edward II and York