Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Constantius Chlorus
- Inscription to Hecules
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Rowntree Park
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Fishergate Bar
- York and the Holocaust
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York Central Library
- The Medieval Minster
- The Battle of the Standard
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Horn of Ulf
- King Edward III and York