Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- Medieval Prisons
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Norman Abbey
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Our Lady's Row
- St Crux's Church
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- William Etty, Artist
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Fishergate Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Cawood Sword