Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Battle of the Standard
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York Castle Museum
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Jubbergate
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The York Observatory
- John Carr - Architect
- The Debtors' Prison
- Constantius Chlorus
- Barker Tower
- The Assembly Rooms
- Second World War York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Teaching the Poor
- Medieval Chamber Pot