Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Dick Turpin
- The End of the Abbey
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- A Pipkin
- York Union Gas Works
- A New Walk
- King Edward I and York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Feeding Roman York
- York Railway Station
- Olive Oil Container
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Mystery Plays