Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York and the Holocaust
- York Central Library
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Viking Boot
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The York Helmet
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Council of Arles
- Industrial Upheaval
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Scarborough Bridge
- First World War York