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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Our Lady's Row
- The Red Tower
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Bar Convent
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The County Court House
- Second World War York
- The Mansion House
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Queen Margaret's Arch