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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- Viking Silk Cap
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Retreat
- The First Railway Station
- A New Vision For York
- Bronze weights
- The Bar Convent
- Second World War York
- Cinema Comes to York
- Victoria Bar
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Stonegate
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Council of Arles
- Archbishop Scrope Executed