Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- New Earswick
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York's Airfield
- Anglian Cross
- A New University
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Viking Boot
- First World War York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- William Etty, Artist
- Bronze weights
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Alcuin of York
- The Retreat
- The Hospitium
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels