Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Union Gas Works
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Stonegate
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Holy Trinity Church
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The New Theatre
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Bar Convent
- York and the Holocaust
- George Leeman
- St Crux's Church
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Assembly Rooms
- Dick Turpin
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head