Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bronze weights
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The New Theatre
- York and the Holocaust
- Micklegate Bar
- Water Lanes
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Jubbergate
- Second World War York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Anglian Carving
- Gold Finger Ring
- Church of All Saints Pavement