Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Barley Hall
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Ouse Bridge
- The Medieval Abbey
- Mithras and Arimanius
- A New Vision For York
- Viking Silk Cap
- York's Airfield
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The York Observatory
- The Guildhall
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The George Fox Incident
- The Shambles
- Lendal Bridge