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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- The White Rose of York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Viking Coins
- Military Belt Fitting
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- A New Vision For York
- Anglian Cross
- The Black Death
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Middleham Jewel
- The Medieval Minster
- York and the Holocaust
- York Art Gallery
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Horn of Ulf
- Is York Cursed?
- The Guildhall