Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham School
- Transport Moves On
- George Leeman
- The 1190 Massacre
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Lendal Tower
- Medieval Prisons
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Second World War York
- The County Court House
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Mary Ward
- King Edward III and York
- King Edward I and York
- Sixties York
- The Shambles
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart