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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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- Our Lady's Row
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Bar Convent
- St William's Shrine
- The Medieval Minster
- Micklegate Bar
- The First Railway Station
- The George Fox Incident
- Jubbergate
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bronze weights
- A New University
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Guildhall