Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- William Etty, Artist
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Shambles
- The George Fox Incident
- Ouse Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Multangular Tower
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The York Hoard
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Fire in the Minster
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Barley Hall
- Norman Window Frame
- Viking Sword Pommel