Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- St Leonard's Hospital
- King's Manor - Victorian
- King Richard II and York
- New Earswick
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Ripon College for Women
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Royal Station Hotel
- York's Airfield
- Feeding Roman York
- Crest of York St John College
- Gold Finger Ring
- Anglian Carving
- The White Rose of York
- Glazed Medieval Jug