Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- The Railway Institute
- Second World War York
- Is York Cursed?
- The Medieval Abbey
- The First Minster
- The Red Tower
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Norman Minster
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Bronze weights
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York and the Holocaust
- Vikings and Christianity