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 Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Anglian Carving
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The York Hoard
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Norman Window Frame
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Black Death
- The First Minster
- York's Airfield
- Monk Bar
- The Norman Castle
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Bronze weights
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Micklegate Bar
- The Norman House