Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Olive Oil Container
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Lendal Tower
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Retreat
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St William's Shrine
- Fire in the Minster
- The Council of Arles
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Stonegate
- Sixties York
- Clifford's Tower
- Statue of the God Mars