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 Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Judges Lodging
- A New Walk
- Guy Fawkes
- De Grey Rooms
- Viking Sword Pommel
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The York Hoard
- Mary Ward
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Margaret Clitherow
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Roman Fortress