Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Lendal Bridge
- The End of the Abbey
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Red Tower
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The 1190 Massacre
- Water Lanes
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Statue of Napoleon
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Is York Cursed?
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill