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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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Victoria Bar
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York Art Gallery
- Lendal Tower
- Viking Male Grooming
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Rowntree Park
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Hospitium
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Statue of the God Mars
- The 1190 Massacre
- York in the fifteenth Century