Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Silk Cap
- King Edward III and York
- A New University
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Mary Ward
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Yorkshire Museum
- Bronze weights
- Industrial Upheaval
- The York Observatory
- The Basilica
- Bootham Bar
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Ouse Bridge
- The Hospitium