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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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Lendal Bridge
- The Hospitium
- The Guildhall
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Barker Tower
- King Edward II and York
- York Bombed
- Teaching the Poor
- View from Station Rise
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Statue of Napoleon