Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Military Belt Fitting
- Fire in the Minster
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The George Fox Incident
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Norman House
- The Bar Convent
- York Garrison
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Cawood Sword
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Lendal Tower
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Mansion House
- Lendal Bridge