Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mystery Plays
- Minster Library
- The Greyfriars
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Railway Institute
- St William's Shrine
- A New Walk
- Statue of Napoleon
- Gold Arm Ring
- Church of St Helen
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Medieval Castle
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Norman Castle
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'