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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- Minster Library
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York Castle Museum
- A New University
- Transport Moves On
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Norman House
- The George Fox Incident
- Second World War York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Church of St Wilfrid
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- New Earswick
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Multangular Tower