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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Norman House
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Cawood Sword
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Alcuin of York
- Micklegate Bar
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- A New University
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Mansion House
- York's first historian: Francis Drake