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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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Hospitium
- Olive Oil Container
- The Railway Institute
- The First Minster
- The Female Prison
- Treasurer's House
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Fishergate Bar
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Walmgate Bar