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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York Railway Station
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Church of St Olave
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Ripon College for Women
- Inscription to Hecules
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Norman Window Frame
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Garrison
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Newgate Cross Shaft