Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Multangular Tower
- New Earswick
- First World War York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Treasurer's House
- Viking Boot
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Dick Turpin
- View from Station Rise
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Union Gas Works
- Anglian Carving
- Monk Bar
- Norman Window Frame
- Second World War York
- Ripon College for Women
- York in the fifteenth Century