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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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Crest of York St John College
- Eric Bloodaxe
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Monk Bar
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The First Railway Station
- The Black Death
- Guy Fawkes
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The First Minster
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Greyfriars