Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Railway Institute
- Our Lady's Row
- Barley Hall
- Monk Bar
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- First World War York
- Is York Cursed?
- The White Rose of York
- A New Walk
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Union Gas Works
- King Edward I and York
- St Martin Le Grand Church