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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Mansion House
- St Crux's Church
- The Black Death
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Alcuin of York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Cinema Comes to York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Red Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Dick Turpin
- Fishergate Bar