Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- Norman Window Frame
- York and the Holocaust
- Fairfax House
- The Medieval Castle
- Is York Cursed?
- York Railway Station
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Gold Finger Ring
- The George Fox Incident
- Inscription to Hecules
- Ouse Bridge
- Mithras and Arimanius
- A Pipkin
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Union Gas Works
- Victoria Bar