Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Barker Tower
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- A New Walk
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Norman Minster
- The Debtors' Prison
- The York Observatory
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Treasurer's House
- The York Helmet
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions