Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- The George Fox Incident
- Mary Ward
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York Central Library
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Barley Hall
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Middleham Jewel
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Medieval Abbey
- New Earswick
- Judges Lodging
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate