Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- Statue of an Athlete
- Statue of Napoleon
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The New Theatre
- Constantius Chlorus
- The York Hoard
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Medieval Minster
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- William Etty, Artist
- Monk Bar
- George Leeman
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- St Crux's Church
- The Female Prison