Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Black Death
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- A Pipkin
- Judges Lodging
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Guildhall
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Guy Fawkes
- The Medieval Castle
- The Multangular Tower
- Military Belt Fitting
- The New Theatre
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Roman Fortress