Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Inscription to Hecules
- A New Walk
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Fishergate Bar
- The Railway Institute
- St William's Shrine
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Assembly Rooms
- Cinema Comes to York
- Middleham Jewel
- Anglian Carving
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The 1190 Massacre
- Jubbergate
- William Etty, Artist