Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- St William's Shrine
- Judges Lodging
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- St Crux's Church
- Guy Fawkes
- William Etty, Artist
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- New Earswick
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The White Rose of York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Cinema Comes to York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Shambles