Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Victoria Bar
- Royal Station Hotel
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Council of Arles
- Ouse Bridge
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Inscription to Hecules
- Viking Boot
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Norman Castle
- King Edward I and York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Guy Fawkes
- Water Lanes