Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Silk Cap
- Water Lanes
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Viking Coins
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Margaret Clitherow
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- New Shopping Centres
- The York Helmet
- John Carr - Architect
- Yorkshire Museum
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Teaching the Poor
- Sixties York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy