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 Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Is York Cursed?
- The Mansion House
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Water Lanes
- The Debtors' Prison
- William Etty, Artist
- The White Rose of York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Fire in the Minster
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York Central Library
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Retreat
- The Shambles