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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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- King Richard III and York
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Ouse Bridge
- York's Airfield
- The County Court House
- Rowntree Park
- The Hospitium
- Bronze weights
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- De Grey Rooms
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Holy Trinity Church
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Shambles
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'