Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bootham School
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Shambles
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Teaching the Poor
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Water Lanes
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- 62 Low Petergate
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The York Helmet
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)