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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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- New Shopping Centres
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Cinema Comes to York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Medieval Castle
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Guy Fawkes
- Transport Moves On
- Royal Station Hotel
- Viking Boot
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The York Helmet
- Feeding Roman York
- Glazed Medieval Jug