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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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Statue of an Athlete
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Medieval Castle
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Female Prison
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Vikings and Christianity
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Cawood Sword
- Stonegate
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The York Observatory
- Daniel Defoe's York