Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- St William's Shrine
- The Medieval Castle
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Crest of York St John College
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York's Coat of Arms
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Norman Castle
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Water Lanes
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Guildhall
- A New University
- The Bar Convent
- The White Rose of York
- Anglian Hanging Bowl