Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Holy Trinity Church
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Abbot's House
- Crest of York St John College
- De Grey Rooms
- Clifford's Tower
- King Richard II and York
- Statue of the God Mars
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Greyfriars