Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- King Richard III and York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Teaching the Poor
- Jubbergate
- Yorkshire Museum
- Rowntree Park
- The Roman Fortress
- Cinema Comes to York
- The George Fox Incident
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Lendal Tower
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Central Library
- Second World War York