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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Scarborough Bridge
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Assembly Rooms
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The 1190 Massacre
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Debtors' Prison
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Crest of York St John College
- The Abbot's House
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Church of St Helen
- York in the fifteenth Century