Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Medieval Abbey
- A New Walk
- The First Railway Station
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York's Coat of Arms
- The George Fox Incident
- Lendal Tower
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- 62 Low Petergate
- Margaret Clitherow
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Retreat
- Church of St Helen