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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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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
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Norman Castle
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- First World War Memorial
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Fishergate Bar
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Stonegate
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York Art Gallery
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart