Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Holy Trinity Church
- Guy Fawkes
- Barker Tower
- The Cawood Sword
- Viking Silk Cap
- Feeding Roman York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Mansion House
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Sixties York
- York Bombed
- Fairfax House
- Hair of a Roman Girl