Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Dick Turpin
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- John Carr - Architect
- Inscription to Hecules
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Middleham Jewel
- The First Railway Station
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Ripon College for Women
- The Female Prison
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)