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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- King Edward III and York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A Pipkin
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Viking Boot
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Church of St Olave
- Church of St Wilfrid
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Margaret Clitherow
- York Garrison