Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Vikings and Christianity
- Viking Male Grooming
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Bootham School
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Horn of Ulf
- Sixties York
- King Edward I and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Inscription to Hecules
- Cinema Comes to York