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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- The Assembly Rooms
- Stonegate
- Fire in the Minster
- The Female Prison
- A New University
- The Mansion House
- The Cawood Sword
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Anglian Carving
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Norman Window Frame
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Industrial Upheaval
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Minster in Viking Times