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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Lendal Bridge
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Red Tower
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Basilica
- First World War Memorial
- The York Observatory
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Medieval Abbey
- Fishergate Bar
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Vale of York Viking Hoard