Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- The Greyfriars
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Shambles
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- A Pipkin
- York's Coat of Arms
- First World War York
- Is York Cursed?
- John Carr - Architect
- The Norman Abbey
- Church of St Helen
- Gold Arm Ring
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Fire in the Minster
- Walmgate Bar
- The 1190 Massacre