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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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Walmgate Bar
- Viking Male Grooming
- Lendal Bridge
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Treasurer's House
- Royal Station Hotel
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Silver Strap Ends
- Bone Trial Piece
- York Bombed
- Medieval Prisons
- The George Fox Incident
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York and the Holocaust
- Clifford's Tower