Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Our Lady's Row
- York and the Holocaust
- The First Railway Station
- First World War Memorial
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bootham Bar
- The Mansion House
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- King Richard II and York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Debtors' Prison
- The First Minster
- Margaret Clitherow
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Medieval Minster
- Anglian Cross
- Viking Sword Pommel