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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Olave
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Multangular Tower
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York Union Gas Works
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Guy Fawkes
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- View from Station Rise
- Jubbergate
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- First World War Memorial
- Constantius Chlorus
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Central Methodist Chapel