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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Ripon College for Women
- Norman Window Frame
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Walmgate Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Middleham Jewel
- The Norman Castle
- The Norman Abbey
- King Richard III and York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Royal Station Hotel
- Industrial Upheaval
- Alcuin of York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning