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 timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Feeding Roman York
- The Assembly Rooms
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Gold Arm Ring
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Alcuin of York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Dick Turpin