Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- The New Theatre
- York and the Holocaust
- Walmgate Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- St William's Shrine
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Viking Coins
- New Earswick
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Hospitium
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Basilica
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre