Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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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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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- King Richard III and York
- Silver Strap Ends
- Vikings and Christianity
- St Leonard's Hospital
- St William's Shrine
- The Roman Fortress
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The First Railway Station
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The First Minster
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Black Death
- Hair of a Roman Girl