Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Teaching the Poor
- The Medieval Abbey
- Anglian Cross
- York and the Holocaust
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Mithras and Arimanius
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The End of the Abbey
- The Roman Fortress
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Jewbury Cemetery
- St Crux's Church
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Fire in the Minster
- Gold Arm Ring
- Bootham Bar