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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Transport Moves On
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York Central Library
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Female Prison
- Inscription to Hecules
- New Shopping Centres
- Gold Arm Ring
- Mary Ward