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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Gold Arm Ring
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The York Hoard
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Mystery Plays
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Abbot's House
- Feeding Roman York
- Military Belt Fitting
- Dick Turpin
- Viking Coins
- The White Rose of York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Victoria Bar
- New Earswick
- Micklegate Bar