Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Judges Lodging
- The Hospitium
- Lendal Bridge
- Is York Cursed?
- De Grey Rooms
- A New Walk
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Mary Ward
- Victoria Bar
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Micklegate Bar
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The York Hoard
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Norman Minster
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning