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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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- First World War York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The York Hoard
- Church of St Helen
- King Richard II and York
- Minster Library
- Jubbergate
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The New Theatre
- Tombstone of Julia Velva