Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Alcuin of York
- Mary Ward
- A New University
- Barley Hall
- Medieval Prisons
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York Art Gallery
- The Council of Arles
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Guy Fawkes
- Ouse Bridge
- York's first historian: Francis Drake