Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Olive Oil Container
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Medieval Prisons
- The Medieval Minster
- Constantius Chlorus
- Monk Bar
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Bronze weights
- Statue of an Athlete
- Fire in the Minster
- The Debtors' Prison
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The End of the Abbey
- The Female Prison