Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Guy Fawkes
- The George Fox Incident
- Ouse Bridge
- St William's Shrine
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Military Belt Fitting
- Statue of the God Mars
- Jewbury Cemetery
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York Bombed
- Dick Turpin
- St Crux's Church
- The Retreat
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- King Richard III and York