Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Cross
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Medieval Abbey
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Debtors' Prison
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Bronze weights
- Is York Cursed?
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The White Rose of York
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Cinema Comes to York
- Church of St Helen
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Plum Cakes for Christmas