Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barley Hall
- Gold Arm Ring
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Black Death
- Sixties York
- Viking Silk Cap
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Council of Arles
- Norman Window Frame
- A New University
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The York Hoard
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Rebuilt in Stone