Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Norman Abbey
- Water Lanes
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- First World War Memorial
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Black Death
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Rowntree Park
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Teaching the Poor
- First World War York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Minster Library