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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- Ouse Bridge
- Bootham Bar
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- King Edward II and York
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Basilica
- The First Minster
- The Norman Minster
- York and the Holocaust
- The End of the Abbey
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Feeding Roman York
- Walmgate Bar
- John Carr - Architect
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York