Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York Garrison
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Medieval Prisons
- The Medieval Minster
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Horn of Ulf
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- King Edward II and York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York's Airfield
- The Council of Arles
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church