Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The York Observatory
- Viking Male Grooming
- Yorkshire Museum
- Micklegate Bar
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Holy Trinity Church
- Fairfax House
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Retreat
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries