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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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Sixties York
- Judges Lodging
- The York Hoard
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Treasurer's House
- The Norman Castle
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Victoria Bar
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Middleham Jewel
- St Crux's Church
- View from Station Rise
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Rebuilt in Stone