Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- King Richard III and York
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York Art Gallery
- View from Station Rise
- The Medieval Castle
- Fire in the Minster
- King Edward I and York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Black Death
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Railway Institute