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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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War Memorial
- Fishergate Bar
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Church of St Olave
- York Union Gas Works
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Viking Boot
- The York Helmet