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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Multangular Tower
- Sixties York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Scarborough Bridge
- First World War York
- Royal Station Hotel
- King's Manor - Victorian
- George Leeman
- The Guildhall
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Roman Head Pot
- King Edward II and York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Jubbergate
- The First Minster
- Military Belt Fitting