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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- Cinema Comes to York
- Feeding Roman York
- Bootham Bar
- The Mansion House
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Debtors' Prison
- New Earswick
- Fishergate Bar
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- A Pipkin
- King Edward I and York
- Teaching the Poor
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The 1190 Massacre
- Is York Cursed?
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning