Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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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...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Bar Convent
- St Crux's Church
- King Edward III and York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Mansion House
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The County Court House
- First World War York
- York Castle Museum
- Viking Male Grooming
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Norman Window Frame