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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Middleham Jewel
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Medieval Minster
- The First Minster
- King Richard II and York
- The Shambles
- Ripon College for Women
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Minster Library
- York Art Gallery
- The End of the Abbey
- The Roman Fortress
- The Railway Institute