Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Cross
- Bootham School
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Church of St Helen
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The First Railway Station
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The First Minster
- A New Vision For York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- St Crux's Church
- The Shambles
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Retreat
- The Black Death
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)