Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The 1190 Massacre
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York and the Holocaust
- First World War Memorial
- St Crux's Church
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Horn of Ulf
- Statue of an Athlete
- Is York Cursed?
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Hospitium
- Minster Library
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Red Tower
- Dick Turpin
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'