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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Medieval Abbey
- York Castle Museum
- Ripon College for Women
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- View from Station Rise
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Church of St Helen
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Barley Hall
- The White Rose of York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Fishergate Bar