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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- The Norman House
- Viking Male Grooming
- Cinema Comes to York
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Mary Ward
- York Union Gas Works
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Alcuin of York
- New Earswick
- The Shambles
- Silver Strap Ends
- The First Railway Station
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Assembly Rooms
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York Garrison