Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The York Helmet
- The Multangular Tower
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Feeding Roman York
- Viking Silk Cap
- Fire in the Minster
- Scarborough Bridge
- Constantius Chlorus
- Mary Ward
- Daniel Defoe's York
- King Richard II and York
- The Mansion House
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier