Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Alcuin of York
- Bootham Bar
- York Bombed
- Fire in the Minster
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Daniel Defoe's York
- King Edward II and York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- A New Walk
- The Greyfriars
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Norman House
- The Hospitium
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)