Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- St Crux's Church
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- View from Station Rise
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Statue of Napoleon
- Lendal Tower
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- King Edward I and York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York Union Gas Works
- Cinema Comes to York
- Statue of the God Mars