Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Art Gallery
- Sixties York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Church of St Helen
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Treasurer's House
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Castle Museum
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The George Fox Incident
- The Norman Abbey
- The Mansion House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)