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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Norman Minster
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Black Death
- Minster Library
- King Richard III and York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- A New Walk
- The First Minster
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Treasurer's House
- The New Theatre
- Medieval Chamber Pot