Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- A New University
- The York Helmet
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Anglian Carving
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Bar Convent
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The End of the Abbey
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bone Trial Piece
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Barker Tower