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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- The Medieval Minster
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Bronze weights
- York's Coat of Arms
- Bone Trial Piece
- 62 Low Petergate
- York and the Holocaust
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Cinema Comes to York
- Bootham Bar
- Inscription to Hecules
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York Bombed
- Viking Coins
- The Newgate Cross Shaft