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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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- Yorkshire Museum
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Judges Lodging
- The Debtors' Prison
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- First World War Memorial
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Alcuin of York
- Statue of an Athlete