Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Female Prison
- Bone Trial Piece
- York's Coat of Arms
- York Bombed
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Anglian Carving
- The Minster after the Reformation
- New Shopping Centres
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bronze weights
- St William's Shrine
- The Railway Institute
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa