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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- York's Coat of Arms
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Lendal Tower
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Railway Institute
- The Female Prison
- King Richard III and York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Abbot's House
- York Castle Museum
- Crest of York St John College
- Lendal Bridge
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Minster in the 20th Century