Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The George Fox Incident
- King Edward III and York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Dick Turpin
- The Guildhall
- The Railway Institute
- The New Theatre
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York Union Gas Works
- King Edward I and York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- 62 Low Petergate
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Daniel Defoe's York