Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Black Death
- The Cawood Sword
- Guy Fawkes
- The Norman Minster
- Lendal Bridge
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Shambles
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York and the Holocaust
- The York Observatory
- Feeding Roman York