Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Multangular Tower
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Female Prison
- Anglian Cross
- Lendal Tower
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York Bombed
- Statue of an Athlete
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Medieval Castle
- Jubbergate
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York and the Holocaust
- King Richard III and York