Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Guildhall
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Greyfriars
- Roman Chimney Pot
- George Leeman
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Monk Bar
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- A Pipkin
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York and the Holocaust
- Jubbergate
- Viking Coins