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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Rowntree Park
- Military Belt Fitting
- Clifford's Tower
- Teaching the Poor
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Second World War York
- The York Helmet
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Pilgrimage of Grace