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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Norman House
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Mary Ward
- Viking Boot
- The Shambles
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Middleham Jewel
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Transport Moves On
- The Basilica
- York Railway Station
- Victoria Bar
- Barker Tower
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window