Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- The Guildhall
- First World War Memorial
- Bronze weights
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Statue of Napoleon
- Fairfax House
- The York Hoard
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The York Observatory
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Council of Arles
- Viking Male Grooming
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters