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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- Bronze weights
- Rowntree Park
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Shambles
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- View from Station Rise
- The Greyfriars
- The Medieval Castle
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York Central Library
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Olive Oil Container
- Jewbury Cemetery