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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Viking Boot
- The Norman Minster
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Crest of York St John College
- Dick Turpin
- Margaret Clitherow
- A New Walk