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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- A Pipkin
- The Greyfriars
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Stonegate
- York Railway Station
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Treasurer's House
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Dick Turpin
- Alcuin of York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Statue of an Athlete
- Church of St Olave
- Jubbergate
- The New Theatre