Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Is York Cursed?
- Medieval Prisons
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Mary Ward
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Barker Tower
- Statue of an Athlete
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Church of St Olave
- William Etty, Artist
- Industrial Upheaval