Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Bone Trial Piece
- Military Belt Fitting
- Guy Fawkes
- The Cawood Sword
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Medieval Castle
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Assembly Rooms
- John Carr - Architect
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York Union Gas Works
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Minster in the 18th Century