Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Medieval Minster
- The Assembly Rooms
- Norman Window Frame
- Bootham Bar
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Norman House
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Norman Minster
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Military Belt Fitting
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- A New Walk
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of St Wilfrid