Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Viking Male Grooming
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Church of St Helen
- Minster Library
- Crest of York St John College
- King Richard II and York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- New Shopping Centres
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Stonegate
- Guy Fawkes
- The Battle of the Standard
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Female Prison