Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- The Medieval Minster
- Medieval Prisons
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- King Richard III and York
- The York Helmet
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- St William's Shrine
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Aldwark Synagogue
- St Columba's United Reformed Church