Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Judges Lodging
- Fire in the Minster
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Is York Cursed?
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- King Edward III and York
- Teaching the Poor
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York and the Holocaust
- New Shopping Centres
- York Art Gallery
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Anglian Cross
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The County Court House