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 City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- Cinema Comes to York
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Treasurer's House
- Fishergate Bar
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Church of St Olave
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- King Edward II and York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Ripon College for Women
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Minster in the 20th Century