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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- Fire in the Minster
- Water Lanes
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Barley Hall
- George Leeman
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The New Theatre
- Bone Trial Piece
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Skeldergate Bridge
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Greyfriars
- Guy Fawkes