Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- A New University
- Fishergate Bar
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Greyfriars
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Statue of the God Mars
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Abbot's House
- Our Lady's Row
- 62 Low Petergate
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Council of Arles
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Castle Museum