Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Bombed
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Margaret Clitherow
- Church of St Olave
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- George Leeman
- The York Observatory
- The Hospitium
- A Pipkin
- Bootham Bar
- Bootham School
- St William's Shrine
- Vikings and Christianity
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Anglian Cross