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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Black Death
- King Edward II and York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Vikings and Christianity
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- George Leeman
- Bronze weights
- Medieval Prisons
- Crest of York St John College
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Judges Lodging
- First World War Memorial
- Stonegate
- Fairfax House