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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York Central Library
- The Medieval Abbey
- Vikings and Christianity
- Church of St Helen
- Norman Window Frame
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Our Lady's Row
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Abbot's House
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The George Fox Incident
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Second World War York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The First Railway Station