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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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Norman Minster
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Walmgate Bar
- The Roman Fortress
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Alcuin of York
- The York Observatory
- King Richard III and York
- Micklegate Bar
- The First Minster
- King Richard II and York
- Norman Window Frame
- The End of the Abbey