Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Minster
- The Assembly Rooms
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Female Prison
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Medieval Prisons
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Walmgate Bar
- William Etty, Artist
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Horn of Ulf
- Industrial Upheaval