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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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York's Coat of Arms
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Second World War York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Mary Ward
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Teaching the Poor
- The Norman Minster
- William Etty, Artist
- Jewbury Cemetery
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York in the fifteenth Century
- George Leeman