Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Black Death
- Medieval Prisons
- Royal Station Hotel
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The York Helmet
- Bronze weights
- Yorkshire Museum
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Anglian Cross
- Second World War York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Military Belt Fitting
- Holy Trinity Church
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Cumberland House, King's Staith