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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Norman House
- The Mansion House
- Minster Library
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The First Railway Station
- The Minster after the Reformation
- William Etty, Artist
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Railway Station
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Norman Minster
- Amber Bead Workshop