Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- William Etty, Artist
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Shambles
- Cinema Comes to York
- Walmgate Bar
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Anglian Carving
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Vikings and Christianity
- Rowntree Park
- The York Helmet
- St William's Shrine
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The First Railway Station
- Monk Bar