Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Victoria Bar
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Margaret Clitherow
- The White Rose of York
- Bootham Bar
- York Castle Museum
- Micklegate Bar
- Monk Bar
- York Union Gas Works
- Ripon College for Women
- Sixties York
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Red Tower