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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bootham School
- York Bombed
- Mithras and Arimanius
- A New Walk
- York Garrison
- The Norman Abbey
- Royal Station Hotel
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Roman Fortress
- The Black Death
- York and the Holocaust
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Anglian Carving
- The Hospitium
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Viking Male Grooming