Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Multangular Tower
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Is York Cursed?
- George Leeman
- The Assembly Rooms
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Shambles
- The Horn of Ulf
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Garrison
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- A New Vision For York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Guildhall