Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Second World War York
- The Female Prison
- York's Coat of Arms
- Medieval Prisons
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bone Trial Piece
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Jubbergate
- De Grey Rooms
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- St William's Shrine
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Retreat
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier