Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- St William's Shrine
- Transport Moves On
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Margaret Clitherow
- York Castle Museum
- York and the Holocaust
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Stonegate
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Sixties York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Medieval Castle
- Teaching the Poor
- The Hospitium
- The Pilgrimage of Grace