Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- Viking Boot
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Ripon College for Women
- York Bombed
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Guildhall
- Ouse Bridge
- View from Station Rise
- William Etty, Artist
- York's Airfield
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Anglian Carving
- York in the fifteenth Century
- New Earswick