Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- Guy Fawkes
- Roman Head Pot
- Church of St Olave
- George Leeman
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Rowntree Park
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- View from Station Rise
- Industrial Upheaval
- Lendal Tower
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Cawood Sword
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York Union Gas Works