Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Victoria Bar
- The Medieval Minster
- York and the Holocaust
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Abbot's House
- The Council of Arles
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Norman House
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Hair of a Roman Girl