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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- King Richard II and York
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Hospitium
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Minster Library
- Second World War York
- Medieval Prisons
- The York Hoard
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Church of St Olave
- Our Lady's Row
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters