Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Railway Institute
- Margaret Clitherow
- View from Station Rise
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Feeding Roman York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The End of the Abbey
- Mary Ward
- A Pipkin
- The Roman Fortress
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning