Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The County Court House
- Olive Oil Container
- The George Fox Incident
- The Multangular Tower
- First World War York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze weights
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Dick Turpin
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Barley Hall
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York's first historian: Francis Drake