Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- View from Station Rise
- The End of the Abbey
- Transport Moves On
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The First Minster
- First World War Memorial
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Norman Castle
- York and the Holocaust
- Viking Boot
- The Medieval Castle
- The Guildhall
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Sixties York
- King Richard III and York
- Inside the Roman Fortress