Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Black Death
- The Mystery Plays
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Statue of the God Mars
- King Richard II and York
- The George Fox Incident
- Bootham Bar
- 62 Low Petergate
- Anglian Carving
- The Shambles
- York Railway Station
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Our Lady's Row
- The Female Prison
- The Norman Abbey