Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Mansion House
- Minster Library
- King Edward III and York
- York Railway Station
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Statue of Napoleon