Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Transport Moves On
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Sixties York
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- William Etty, Artist
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- A Pipkin
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Cawood Sword
- The Debtors' Prison
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York in the fifteenth Century