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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Anglian Cross
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Gold Arm Ring
- View from Station Rise
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The New Theatre
- The Mystery Plays
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Viking Coins
- King Edward III and York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Victoria Bar
- King Richard III and York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions