Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Council of Arles
- Mary Ward
- A New Walk
- Viking Coins
- Viking Male Grooming
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Water Lanes
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York's first historian: Francis Drake