Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- Gold Arm Ring
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Norman Abbey
- York Bombed
- Rebuilt in Stone
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Medieval Minster
- King Richard III and York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- King Richard II and York
- Fishergate Bar
- Judges Lodging