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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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Battle of the Standard
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Water Lanes
- The Norman Minster
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Constantius Chlorus
- Gold Finger Ring
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The First Minster
- Crest of York St John College
- Second World War York