Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- New Earswick
- St William's Shrine
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- King Richard III and York
- The New Theatre
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Red Tower
- Fairfax House
- Viking Silk Cap
- A Pipkin
- Bone Trial Piece
- The County Court House
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York Union Gas Works
- Minster Library
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions