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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- The Guildhall
- Fairfax House
- The Mystery Plays
- Lendal Tower
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The York Observatory
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Cawood Sword
- William Etty, Artist
- Micklegate Bar
- The Norman Abbey
- Anglian Carving
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Constantius Chlorus