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 End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- De Grey Rooms
- Feeding Roman York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Medieval Prisons
- Roman Gods and Goddesses