Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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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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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Teaching the Poor
- The First Minster
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Norman Abbey
- The Abbot's House
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Cawood Sword
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bootham School
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Pilgrimage of Grace