Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Abbot's House
- St Crux's Church
- The First Minster
- King Edward I and York
- The Guildhall
- Mary Ward
- Sixties York
- Viking Boot
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Is York Cursed?
- The Medieval Castle
- The Cawood Sword
- Victoria Bar