Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King Edward I and York
- William Etty, Artist
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York Art Gallery
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Judges Lodging
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- New Shopping Centres
- Constantius Chlorus
- York and the Holocaust
- Minster Library
- St William's Shrine
- New Earswick
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool