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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Church of St Wilfrid
- First World War Memorial
- Skeldergate Bridge
- A Pipkin
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York Railway Station
- A New Vision For York
- A New Walk
- Bootham Bar
- Scarborough Bridge