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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- George Leeman
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Medieval Abbey
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The York Hoard
- The York Observatory
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York Union Gas Works
- Bootham School
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Treasurer's House
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Inscription from Fortress Gate