Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- A New Vision For York
- St Crux's Church
- The 1190 Massacre
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Sixties York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Transport Moves On
- The Female Prison
- Church of St Helen
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The York Observatory
- The Norman House
- Military Belt Fitting
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Edward III and York
- Rebuilt in Stone