Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Female Prison
- Statue of Napoleon
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- New Earswick
- Constantius Chlorus
- York Railway Station
- Barley Hall
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Medieval Minster
- Second World War York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Viking Coins
- Guy Fawkes
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop