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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York Bombed
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York Railway Station
- Ripon College for Women
- The Bar Convent
- The Female Prison
- The Debtors' Prison
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Statue of an Athlete
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Railway Institute
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The White Rose of York
- York's Coat of Arms
- Vale of York Viking Hoard