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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Hospitium
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Anglian Carving
- Monk Bar
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bronze weights
- John Carr - Architect
- Fire in the Minster
- Our Lady's Row
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Cawood Sword
- The End of the Abbey
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The First Minster