Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Guy Fawkes
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Ouse Bridge
- St Crux's Church
- George Leeman
- Barley Hall
- The Mystery Plays
- The York Observatory
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Sixties York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway