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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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York Castle Museum
- John Carr - Architect
- The Assembly Rooms
- York in the fifteenth Century
- 62 Low Petergate
- Second World War York
- Clifford's Tower
- The Norman Castle
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Crest of York St John College
- Sixties York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Anglian Carving
- The Greyfriars