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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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Battle of the Standard
- Cinema Comes to York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Walmgate Bar
- Statue of Napoleon
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York's Airfield
- Viking Coins
- York's Coat of Arms
- New Shopping Centres
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of St Olave
- Silver Strap Ends
- View from Station Rise
- The Black Death
- The Minster after the Reformation