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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- Alcuin of York
- Mary Ward
- Viking Male Grooming
- York Union Gas Works
- Judges Lodging
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Inscription to Hecules
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Ripon College for Women
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Constantius Chlorus
- View from Station Rise