Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Statue of an Athlete
- Silver Strap Ends
- The End of the Abbey
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Second World War York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Medieval Minster
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Medieval Castle
- Water Lanes
- Monk Bar
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York's Medieval Synagogue