Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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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 Victorian Prison Building
- King Edward I and York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The 1190 Massacre
- Barley Hall
- Roman Head Pot
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Viking Boot
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York's Airfield
- Statue of an Athlete
- Yorkshire Museum
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Bar Convent