Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Our Lady's Row
- St William's Shrine
- Mary Ward
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Greyfriars
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Scarborough Bridge
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Minster Library
- The White Rose of York
- The George Fox Incident
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Church of St Helen
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York