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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Mystery Plays
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Middleham Jewel
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York Railway Station
- Jewbury Cemetery
- A New Vision For York
- The New Theatre
- Military Belt Fitting
- Church of St Helen
- The Horn of Ulf
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Battle of Marston Moor