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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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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- The Retreat
- The Battle of the Standard
- Monk Bar
- Yorkshire Museum
- Industrial Upheaval
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Daniel Defoe's York
- A New University
- Royal Station Hotel
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Fishergate Bar
- Walmgate Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Crest of York St John College