Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Second World War York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Alcuin of York
- The Council of Arles
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Minster Library
- The Assembly Rooms
- View from Station Rise
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- 62 Low Petergate
- Viking Male Grooming
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Female Prison
- Olive Oil Container
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey