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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Minster after the Reformation
- A New Walk
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- 62 Low Petergate
- Silver Strap Ends
- Ripon College for Women
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Olive Oil Container
- The Horn of Ulf
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Castle Museum
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Sixties York