Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Jubbergate
- The New Theatre
- Guy Fawkes
- Lendal Bridge
- Rowntree Park
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Medieval Prisons
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Bar Convent
- The Roman Fortress
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Cawood Sword
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Norman Abbey
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions