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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Church of St Olave
- The Norman House
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- King Richard III and York
- The Basilica
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Gold Finger Ring
- King Edward I and York
- Viking Coins
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Second World War York
- John Carr - Architect
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Royal Station Hotel
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Constantius Chlorus