Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- Sixties York
- The Norman Castle
- Stonegate
- York Union Gas Works
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Anglian Carving
- Middleham Jewel
- First World War Memorial
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Minster Library
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Teaching the Poor