Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- Guy Fawkes
- Viking Male Grooming
- The First Minster
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York Union Gas Works
- Fairfax House
- Second World War York
- Victoria Bar
- York in the fifteenth Century
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Silver Strap Ends
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- View from Station Rise
- Minster Library
- A New University
- Inscription from Fortress Gate