Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- First World War Memorial
- The Norman House
- The Battle of the Standard
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The York Hoard
- Church of St Olave
- The Retreat
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Cawood Sword
- Transport Moves On
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Stonegate