Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- York Castle Museum
- York Garrison
- York's Coat of Arms
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Guildhall
- Is York Cursed?
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Bar Convent
- The York Observatory
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- St Leonard's Hospital
- De Grey Rooms
- The Medieval Castle
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The First Railway Station