Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Multangular Tower
- New Earswick
- The Medieval Castle
- Anglian Carving
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- St William's Shrine
- Margaret Clitherow
- Anglian Cross
- Feeding Roman York
- Guy Fawkes
- De Grey Rooms
- Stonegate
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- A New Vision For York