Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- The New Theatre
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Judges Lodging
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- King Edward III and York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Holy Trinity Church
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Medieval Castle
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Jubbergate
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Gold Arm Ring