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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Viking Silk Cap
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Council of Arles
- Statue of the God Mars
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Middleham Jewel
- Victoria Bar
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Hospitium
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- King Richard III and York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Viking Male Grooming
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Church of St Olave
- Micklegate Bar