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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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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- 62 Low Petergate
- King Edward III and York
- St Crux's Church
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Cawood Sword
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Anglian Cross
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York Art Gallery
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- New Earswick
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The First Minster
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Roman Fortress
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Artists, Writers and Scientists