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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- Lendal Tower
- Vikings and Christianity
- The York Hoard
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Female Prison
- Fire in the Minster
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Transport Moves On
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Norman House
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Roman Fortress
- The Medieval Abbey
- Medieval Chamber Pot