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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- Crest of York St John College
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Battle of the Standard
- York Union Gas Works
- The York Hoard
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Female Prison
- Statue of the God Mars
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Cinema Comes to York
- View from Station Rise
- Walmgate Bar
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The County Court House
- Vale of York Viking Hoard