Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and the Holocaust
- The York Hoard
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The York Helmet
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Black Death
- The Assembly Rooms
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Abbot's House
- A New University
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York Central Library
- Is York Cursed?