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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- A New University
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Norman Castle
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Fire in the Minster
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Medieval Abbey
- The First Minster
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Judges Lodging
- Victoria Bar
- First World War York
- Barley Hall
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom