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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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- King Richard II and York
- New Shopping Centres
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Stonegate
- The Shambles
- Ouse Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Red Tower
- King Edward III and York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Micklegate Bar
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Cinema Comes to York
- A New University