Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Second World War York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The End of the Abbey
- Church of St Helen
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The York Observatory
- The York Hoard
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Retreat
- The Assembly Rooms
- Jubbergate
- St William's Shrine
- John Carr - Architect