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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bone Trial Piece
- Transport Moves On
- Bootham Bar
- Rowntree Park
- Minster Library
- Military Belt Fitting
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Sixties York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King Richard II and York
- Victoria Bar
- William Etty, Artist
- York Garrison