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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The First Railway Station
- The Norman House
- Viking Boot
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Railway Institute
- Ouse Bridge
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Second World War York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- View from Station Rise
- The First Minster
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York Castle Museum
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'