Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Alcuin of York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Railway Station
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Monk Bar
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- New Earswick
- Roman Head Pot
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Black Death
- The Guildhall
- Gold Arm Ring
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior