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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Multangular Tower
- Stonegate
- Water Lanes
- The Bar Convent
- The First Minster
- Monk Bar
- York Central Library
- Fairfax House
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Constantius Chlorus
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The 1190 Massacre
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bootham Bar
- First World War Memorial