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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Feeding Roman York
- Our Lady's Row
- The Minster after the Reformation
- First World War York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- St William's Shrine
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The York Helmet
- The Cawood Sword
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bootham Bar
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Roman Fortress
- The Norman Castle
- The County Court House
- A New Walk
- Mary Ward