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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- Bootham Bar
- York and the Holocaust
- The Medieval Abbey
- Rowntree Park
- Gold Finger Ring
- Crest of York St John College
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Red Tower
- Victoria Bar
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Teaching the Poor
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- View from Station Rise
- Judges Lodging