Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- George Leeman
- The Medieval Castle
- The Norman Castle
- Military Belt Fitting
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- King Edward III and York
- Medieval Prisons
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Horn of Ulf
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Viking Silk Cap
- The End of the Abbey
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York