Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- The First Minster
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Is York Cursed?
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Alcuin of York
- Church of St Olave
- The Assembly Rooms
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Statue of an Athlete
- King Richard III and York
- The Railway Institute
- First World War York
- Mary Ward
- The George Fox Incident