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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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Statue of Napoleon
- The 1190 Massacre
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bootham School
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The New Theatre
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York Bombed
- Teaching the Poor
- York and the Holocaust
- The Hospitium
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Ripon College for Women
- Ouse Bridge
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Medieval Minster
- York Castle Museum