Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Council of Arles
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Olive Oil Container
- Alcuin of York
- The York Helmet
- Anglian Carving
- Ouse Bridge
- The Norman Abbey
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Fishergate Bar
- Rowntree Park
- Archbishop Scrope Executed