Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Olave
- York's Airfield
- New Shopping Centres
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Fairfax House
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Horn of Ulf
- Viking Coins
- Gold Arm Ring
- Fishergate Bar
- The New Theatre
- The York Helmet
- Anglian Carving
- Bronze weights
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bones of a Roman Combatant