Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York and the Holocaust
- The Norman Abbey
- Silver Strap Ends
- York's Coat of Arms
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Horn of Ulf
- King Edward I and York
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Judges Lodging
- Dick Turpin
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Multangular Tower
- Micklegate Bar
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Daniel Defoe's York