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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Crest of York St John College
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Water Lanes
- The Red Tower
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Medieval Abbey
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Margaret Clitherow
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Second World War York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Railway Station
- The Battle of the Standard