Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Fire in the Minster
- New Earswick
- The Black Death
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- John Carr - Architect
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Union Gas Works
- A New Walk