Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Alcuin of York
- View from Station Rise
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bootham Bar
- A New Walk
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Council of Arles
- Church of St Helen
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Greyfriars
- The York Helmet
- The Medieval Abbey
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Teaching the Poor
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Monk Bar