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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- First World War Memorial
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Fairfax House
- The George Fox Incident
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Guildhall
- Constantius Chlorus
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St William's Shrine
- Judges Lodging
- Barker Tower
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Multangular Tower
- Second World War York