Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Walmgate Bar
- The Norman House
- A New University
- King Richard III and York
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Horn of Ulf
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- View from Station Rise
- The Multangular Tower
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- De Grey Rooms
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York and the Holocaust