Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Is York Cursed?
- New Earswick
- Industrial Upheaval
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- King Edward II and York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- George Leeman
- The Guildhall
- Guy Fawkes
- A New University
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Assembly Rooms