Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Coins
- York Central Library
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Military Belt Fitting
- Treasurer's House
- The First Railway Station
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Olive Oil Container
- Constantius Chlorus
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Cawood Sword
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Crest of York St John College
- Sixties York
- Water Lanes
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector