Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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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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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- The Black Death
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Transport Moves On
- York Art Gallery
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Vikings and Christianity
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Horn of Ulf
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The 1190 Massacre
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Bronze weights
- View from Station Rise
- York St John in the 20th Century