Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The York Helmet
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Barker Tower
- The George Fox Incident
- The Hospitium
- Margaret Clitherow
- Ripon College for Women
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Church of St Olave
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Industrial Upheaval
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Medieval Castle