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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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York and the Holocaust
- The Multangular Tower
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Transport Moves On
- Water Lanes
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Bone Trial Piece
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre