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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- St Crux's Church
- Rowntree Park
- A Pipkin
- Holy Trinity Church
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Bar Convent
- Lendal Bridge
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The George Fox Incident
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York Bombed
- De Grey Rooms
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Lendal Tower
- York's Airfield
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa