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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Minster
- The Battle of the Standard
- The York Observatory
- View from Station Rise
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Jubbergate
- Inscription to Hecules
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The White Rose of York
- York Bombed
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Fairfax House
- Transport Moves On
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Medieval Prisons
- Bootham Bar