Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St Crux's Church
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Dick Turpin
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Norman House
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Union Gas Works
- The Bar Convent
- Barley Hall
- Is York Cursed?
- The Retreat
- Viking Boot
- The Shambles
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey