Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Feeding Roman York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Viking Silk Cap
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Church of St Helen
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Viking Boot
- The First Minster
- Water Lanes
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Is York Cursed?
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels