Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Victoria Bar
- Viking Silk Cap
- Feeding Roman York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Alcuin of York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Abbot's House
- York and the Holocaust
- St William's Shrine
- Minster Library
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Dick Turpin
- Church of St Helen
- King Edward I and York