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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Shambles
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Cawood Sword
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Guy Fawkes
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Guildhall
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Council of Arles
- The Red Tower
- The Female Prison
- Holy Trinity Church
- Feeding Roman York
- Middleham Jewel