Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Cinema Comes to York
- Minster Library
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Lendal Bridge
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Second World War York
- The Guildhall
- Walmgate Bar