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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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- Barley Hall
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Dick Turpin
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Minster Library
- Transport Moves On
- The Greyfriars
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Abbot's House
- Rowntree Park
- Ripon College for Women
- First World War York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Gold Arm Ring
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy