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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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Gold Arm Ring
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Female Prison
- Dick Turpin
- The Guildhall
- Viking Male Grooming
- The First Minster
- Mary Ward
- Clifford's Tower
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- A New University
- The Norman House
- First World War Memorial
- Bone Trial Piece
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- 62 Low Petergate
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head