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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The First Railway Station
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The County Court House
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York Bombed
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Shambles
- The Cawood Sword
- The Black Death
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Roman Gods and Goddesses