Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- First World War York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York Union Gas Works
- De Grey Rooms
- Vikings and Christianity
- A Pipkin
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King Edward III and York
- The Norman House
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Roman Fortress
- First World War Memorial
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The White Rose of York
- Judges Lodging