Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Silver Strap Ends
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Treasurer's House
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York in the fifteenth Century
- King Edward II and York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Middleham Jewel
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The York Observatory