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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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fishergate Bar
- The Medieval Abbey
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Multangular Tower
- The Cawood Sword
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Lendal Tower
- The Railway Institute
- Roman Head Pot
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York Garrison
- The Mystery Plays
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Water Lanes
- The Horn of Ulf