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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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Garrison
- Fishergate Bar
- The Greyfriars
- The Mystery Plays
- The 1190 Massacre
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Church of St Helen
- York Central Library
- Jewbury Cemetery
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Roman Fortress
- Rowntree Park
- Medieval Prisons
- Treasurer's House
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Sixties York
- Skeldergate Bridge