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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- A New Vision For York
- The Mansion House
- The Red Tower
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bootham Bar
- Vikings and Christianity
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Treasurer's House
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Bar Convent
- Alcuin of York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Judges Lodging
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Dick Turpin
- Clifford's Tower