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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Norman House
- York Bombed
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York Art Gallery
- Church of St Helen
- King Richard II and York
- John Carr - Architect
- New Shopping Centres
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Statue of the God Mars
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Sixties York
- Guy Fawkes
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head