Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Viking Boot
- New Earswick
- A New Vision For York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Central Library
- Stonegate
- Margaret Clitherow
- Mary Ward
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Dick Turpin
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Church of St Olave
- Anglian Burial Vessel