Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- A New University
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York Central Library
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bronze weights
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Debtors' Prison
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Minster Library