Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Water Lanes
- Lendal Bridge
- Feeding Roman York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Military Belt Fitting
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- A New University
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Horn of Ulf
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Basilica
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Medieval Abbey
- John Carr - Architect
- Church of St Helen