Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- George Leeman
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Medieval Minster
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Norman Minster
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York Union Gas Works
- The Horn of Ulf
- Statue of the God Mars
- King Richard II and York
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Council of Arles
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The George Fox Incident