Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Anglian Cross
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Red Tower
- The White Rose of York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Guildhall
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Council of Arles
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Anglian Carving
- Dick Turpin
- The Multangular Tower
- Judges Lodging