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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Bar Convent
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Bombed
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Margaret Clitherow
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- A New Vision For York
- The George Fox Incident
- The 1190 Massacre
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Battle of the Standard
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Debtors' Prison