Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Jubbergate
- Viking Silk Cap
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Mary Ward
- Cinema Comes to York
- York and the Holocaust
- Dick Turpin
- Stonegate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Norman Abbey
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Olive Oil Container
- Viking Male Grooming
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Vikings and Christianity
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The First Minster