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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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Minster Library
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Retreat
- Statue of Napoleon
- Guy Fawkes
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- A New Walk
- Military Belt Fitting
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Norman House
- The Medieval Minster
- George Leeman