Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Roman Fortress
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The 1190 Massacre
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York Art Gallery
- Yorkshire Museum
- Bronze weights
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Viking Boot
- York Union Gas Works
- Teaching the Poor
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Feeding Roman York