Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Railway Institute
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York's Coat of Arms
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bootham School
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The New Theatre
- Margaret Clitherow
- Fire in the Minster
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Holy Trinity Church
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Garrison