Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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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...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Statue of the God Mars
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Council of Arles
- Sixties York
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Micklegate Bar
- Viking Sword Pommel
- A Pipkin
- King Edward III and York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The York Observatory
- Church of St Olave