Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- The End of the Abbey
- Medieval Prisons
- The Retreat
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Female Prison
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Monk Bar
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The George Fox Incident
- The First Minster
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Inside the Roman Fortress