Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Boot
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Inscription to Hecules
- Monk Bar
- The Red Tower
- Cinema Comes to York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York Castle Museum
- Minster Library
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Horn of Ulf
- Central Methodist Chapel