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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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Bar Convent
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Basilica
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Norman House
- Margaret Clitherow
- First World War Memorial
- Scarborough Bridge
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Alcuin of York
- The First Railway Station
- The Battle of Marston Moor