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 Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Anglian Carving
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Constantius Chlorus
- St William's Shrine
- Yorkshire Museum
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Fire in the Minster
- John Carr - Architect
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- New Shopping Centres
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York's Coat of Arms