Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- Viking Coins
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- George Leeman
- Judges Lodging
- View from Station Rise
- Barley Hall
- The Black Death
- St William's Shrine
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Cawood Sword
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- First World War Memorial
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Assembly Rooms
- Guy Fawkes
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Medieval Prisons