Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Minster Library
- Judges Lodging
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Multangular Tower
- The End of the Abbey
- The Cawood Sword
- The Mansion House
- The York Observatory
- York Central Library
- First World War Memorial
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Middleham Jewel
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's first historian: Francis Drake