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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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Black Death
- The Medieval Castle
- Bone Trial Piece
- Vikings and Christianity
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- King Edward II and York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of St Olave
- Viking Coins
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bootham Bar
- The New Theatre