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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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Railway Institute
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Rowntree Park
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York Bombed
- Anglian Carving
- Vikings and Christianity
- York and the Holocaust
- Roman Head Pot
- Yorkshire Museum
- The 1190 Massacre
- View from Station Rise
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- First World War York