Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Ouse Bridge
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Roman Chimney Pot
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Railway Institute
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Victoria Bar
- Fire in the Minster
- King Edward II and York
- York Garrison
- Lendal Tower
- First World War York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)