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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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- The Cawood Sword
- Fishergate Bar
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Medieval Castle
- The Hospitium
- Church of St Olave
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Stonegate
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Art Gallery