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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- The End of the Abbey
- Ouse Bridge
- Yorkshire Museum
- Middleham Jewel
- The George Fox Incident
- The Greyfriars
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York Union Gas Works
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Medieval Minster
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Margaret Clitherow
- Is York Cursed?