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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- Fishergate Bar
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- 62 Low Petergate
- Transport Moves On
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The York Helmet
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Inscription to Hecules
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop