Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Bombed
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The First Railway Station
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Ripon College for Women
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Alcuin of York
- Bronze weights
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Multangular Tower
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bootham Bar
- King Richard II and York
- York Art Gallery
- York's first historian: Francis Drake