Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King Edward I and York
- Bone Trial Piece
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Guildhall
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Feeding Roman York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Crux's Church
- Clifford's Tower
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Bar Convent