Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- King Edward I and York
- View from Station Rise
- Military Belt Fitting
- The End of the Abbey
- Barley Hall
- Judges Lodging
- Clifford's Tower
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Shambles
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Greyfriars
- Stonegate
- Olive Oil Container
- Skeldergate Bridge
- A Pipkin
- Vikings and Christianity