Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- A New Walk
- The Debtors' Prison
- The York Hoard
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- 62 Low Petergate
- Feeding Roman York
- Lendal Tower
- St Crux's Church
- View from Station Rise
- Gold Arm Ring
- King Richard III and York
- The Female Prison
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Judges Lodging
- Treasurer's House
- Glazed Medieval Jug