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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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York Railway Station
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The County Court House
- The Mystery Plays
- The Female Prison
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bronze weights
- New Shopping Centres
- John Carr - Architect
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Assembly Rooms
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers