Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Lendal Tower
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Railway Institute
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The White Rose of York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Debtors' Prison
- Rowntree Park
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Lendal Bridge
- Archbishop Scrope Executed