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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- Holy Trinity Church
- King Richard II and York
- St Crux's Church
- The Assembly Rooms
- Dick Turpin
- York's Airfield
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Norman Minster
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- First World War Memorial
- Anglian Cross
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Minster in the 20th Century