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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- Victoria Bar
- Rowntree Park
- King Edward III and York
- York Bombed
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Gold Finger Ring
- Amber Bead Workshop
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Bar Convent
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Greyfriars
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Alcuin of York