Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Anglian Carving
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Medieval Prisons
- York Central Library
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Middleham Jewel
- Olive Oil Container
- York Union Gas Works
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Holy Trinity Church
- King Edward II and York
- York Art Gallery