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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- Dick Turpin
- The County Court House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York Union Gas Works
- York and the Holocaust
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Bar Convent
- Teaching the Poor
- Judges Lodging
- Victoria Bar
- Roman Chimney Pot
- William Etty, Artist
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Debtors' Prison