Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War York
- Norman Window Frame
- The Medieval Minster
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Water Lanes
- The End of the Abbey
- The York Helmet
- York's Coat of Arms
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Crest of York St John College
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The First Minster
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Cinema Comes to York
- Sixties York