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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- A New Vision For York
- The Greyfriars
- The Shambles
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Stonegate
- A New Walk
- De Grey Rooms
- George Leeman
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- View from Station Rise
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Medieval Abbey
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Vale of York Viking Hoard