Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- Viking Male Grooming
- King's Manor - Victorian
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- A Pipkin
- Monk Bar
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- New Earswick
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- King Edward I and York
- York Castle Museum
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King Richard III and York
- Sixties York