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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Mansion House
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Norman Castle
- Yorkshire Museum
- York's Airfield
- Daniel Defoe's York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Greyfriars
- Alcuin of York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- First World War Memorial
- Norman Window Frame