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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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Fire in the Minster
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Norman House
- Ouse Bridge
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Guildhall
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- First World War York
- Sixties York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- George Leeman
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bootham Bar