Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Is York Cursed?
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Medieval Castle
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- First World War York
- York Central Library
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- First World War Memorial
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Anglian Burial Vessel