Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Cinema Comes to York
- Dick Turpin
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- A New University
- York and the Holocaust
- A New Walk
- Viking Coins
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Our Lady's Row
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York Central Library
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'