Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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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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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Church of St Helen
- Transport Moves On
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Norman Abbey
- The Railway Institute
- Margaret Clitherow
- Water Lanes
- Gold Finger Ring
- Medieval Prisons
- King Edward III and York
- The Medieval Abbey
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Assembly Rooms