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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- A Pipkin
- Viking Boot
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Medieval Prisons
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Inscription to Hecules
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The New Theatre
- Church of St Helen
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- A New Vision For York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Medieval Minster