Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The End of the Abbey
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Lendal Tower
- A Pipkin
- Clifford's Tower
- The Guildhall
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- King Richard II and York
- Alcuin of York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Retreat
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The York Observatory
- The George Fox Incident
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Minster Library