Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bootham Bar
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Roman Fortress
- The York Hoard
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The End of the Abbey
- A New Vision For York
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Hospitium
- The Female Prison
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Norman Window Frame
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York