Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Viking Male Grooming
- Gold Arm Ring
- Judges Lodging
- Industrial Upheaval
- The New Theatre
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Debtors' Prison
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- King Edward II and York
- St William's Shrine
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Medieval Prisons
- Victoria Bar