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 Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York Railway Station
- Clifford's Tower
- The York Helmet
- Treasurer's House
- York and the Holocaust
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York St John in the 20th Century
- William Etty, Artist
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- King Edward III and York
- Cinema Comes to York
- Viking Boot
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning