Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Inscription to Hecules
- William Etty, Artist
- Medieval Prisons
- The Battle of the Standard
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Anglian Carving
- Is York Cursed?
- York Railway Station
- The End of the Abbey
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Fishergate Bar
- Silver Strap Ends
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Black Death
- Dick Turpin