Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- George Leeman
- Dick Turpin
- Transport Moves On
- The Cawood Sword
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Ouse Bridge
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Abbot's House
- View from Station Rise
- Sixties York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York Central Library
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Second World War York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Margaret Clitherow