Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- Guy Fawkes
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- View from Station Rise
- Statue of Napoleon
- York Central Library
- King Edward I and York
- The First Railway Station
- Norman Window Frame
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Hospitium
- The Horn of Ulf
- The White Rose of York