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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- John Carr - Architect
- Industrial Upheaval
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Basilica
- Margaret Clitherow
- Church of St Helen
- Norman Window Frame
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Teaching the Poor
- St William's Shrine
- The First Railway Station
- William Etty, Artist
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Guy Fawkes
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Norman Castle