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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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Fairfax House
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Ouse Bridge
- Stonegate
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Second World War York
- Industrial Upheaval
- Church of St Olave
- York Castle Museum
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Norman Castle
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Cinema Comes to York
- A Pipkin
- York's Airfield