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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- The Battle of the Standard
- York and the Holocaust
- The First Minster
- York Art Gallery
- Lendal Bridge
- Stonegate
- The George Fox Incident
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- 62 Low Petergate
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- William Etty, Artist
- The Cawood Sword
- New Shopping Centres
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Barley Hall