Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- The Medieval Minster
- The Greyfriars
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York Union Gas Works
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Walmgate Bar
- Rebuilt in Stone
- A New Walk
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Yorkshire Museum
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Industrial Upheaval