Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The George Fox Incident
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Ouse Bridge
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Teaching the Poor
- Statue of an Athlete
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Bootham Bar
- The Greyfriars
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Cinema Comes to York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard