Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- King Richard II and York
- Walmgate Bar
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Mary Ward
- King Richard III and York
- The Basilica
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A Pipkin
- New Earswick
- Middleham Jewel
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Our Lady's Row
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Statue of the God Mars