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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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- The George Fox Incident
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Cinema Comes to York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Guy Fawkes
- Bone Trial Piece
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Debtors' Prison
- Silver Strap Ends
- Barley Hall
- The Black Death
- Bronze weights
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Mary Ward
- Ouse Bridge