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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- A New Vision For York
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- New Shopping Centres
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- A New University
- Jubbergate
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Mystery Plays
- Victoria Bar
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Dick Turpin
- The Railway Institute
- Viking Coins