Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Head Pot
- The Hospitium
- The First Minster
- York Union Gas Works
- Mary Ward
- Sixties York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King Richard II and York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Lendal Bridge
- The Shambles
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers