Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Church of St Helen
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- New Shopping Centres
- The 1190 Massacre
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Anglian Cross
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York Castle Museum
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Council of Arles
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Trams Pulled by Horses