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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- New Earswick
- Mary Ward
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Industrial Upheaval
- William Etty, Artist
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Roman Chimney Pot
- York and the Holocaust
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bootham School
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Monk Bar
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Viking Male Grooming