Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Barley Hall
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- St William's Shrine
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Viking Coins
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York's Airfield
- Lendal Tower
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- King Edward III and York
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Railway Institute
- The White Rose of York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Guy Fawkes