Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- Is York Cursed?
- St William's Shrine
- Statue of an Athlete
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The White Rose of York
- Gold Arm Ring
- Cinema Comes to York
- Viking Boot
- York Bombed
- Norman Window Frame
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Viking Male Grooming