Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Transport Moves On
- The Norman Castle
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Treasurer's House
- The First Minster
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- St Crux's Church
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The First Railway Station
- The Black Death
- All Saints Church, North Street