Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Ripon College for Women
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Monk Bar
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Female Prison
- York Union Gas Works
- Sixties York
- The Council of Arles
- Alcuin of York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Church of All Saints Pavement