Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York and the Holocaust
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Norman House
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Statue of the God Mars
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Victorian Prison Building
- De Grey Rooms
- A New Walk
- The George Fox Incident
- The Guildhall
- York Central Library
- The Council of Arles
- Victoria Bar
- York Garrison
- King Edward II and York