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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Norman Window Frame
- Silver Strap Ends
- Anglian Cross
- Treasurer's House
- The Norman Abbey
- Guy Fawkes
- The Bar Convent
- First World War Memorial
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Basilica
- George Leeman
- The Council of Arles
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York and the Holocaust