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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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Second World War York
- The Mystery Plays
- The Norman Castle
- The Council of Arles
- York and the Holocaust
- Feeding Roman York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- King Edward II and York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The York Hoard
- The Battle of the Standard
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Mary Ward
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Stonegate