Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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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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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- New Shopping Centres
- The End of the Abbey
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York's Airfield
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York Union Gas Works
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Is York Cursed?
- The Basilica
- The Norman House
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Viking Male Grooming