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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Olive Oil Container
- York and the Holocaust
- The York Helmet
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Viking Boot
- St William's Shrine
- View from Station Rise
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Victoria Bar
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Stonegate
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Viking Male Grooming
- King Richard II and York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bones of a Roman Combatant