Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Female Prison
- A New Walk
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Alcuin of York
- The Medieval Minster
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Is York Cursed?
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Micklegate Bar