Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Statue of the God Mars
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Multangular Tower
- Fishergate Bar
- Water Lanes
- Bootham School
- The Roman Fortress
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Red Tower
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Teaching the Poor
- Is York Cursed?