Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Council of Arles
- Judges Lodging
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Statue of Napoleon
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- First World War Memorial
- Cinema Comes to York
- The End of the Abbey
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Stonegate
- Monk Bar
- St Crux's Church
- The Cawood Sword
- William Etty, Artist
- King Edward I and York