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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Debtors' Prison
- Silver Strap Ends
- King Edward I and York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York Castle Museum
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Alcuin of York
- Treasurer's House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and the Holocaust
- Holy Trinity Church
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Church of St Helen