Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Head Pot
- Jubbergate
- The George Fox Incident
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Treasurer's House
- Military Belt Fitting
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Church of St Helen
- Holy Trinity Church
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The York Observatory
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Fairfax House
- Medieval Prisons