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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- View from Station Rise
- Guy Fawkes
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Our Lady's Row
- A New University
- Barley Hall
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York Garrison
- York Bombed
- Barker Tower
- The Retreat
- Viking Coins
- York's Airfield
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)