Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Female Prison
- Stonegate
- The Abbot's House
- The First Railway Station
- The Norman Castle
- A New Walk
- Mary Ward
- Medieval Prisons
- Viking Boot
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Norman Minster
- Teaching the Poor
- Monk Bar
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Assembly Rooms
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York