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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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The York Observatory
- The Medieval Castle
- View from Station Rise
- Stonegate
- The Black Death
- The Multangular Tower
- King Richard II and York
- Fishergate Bar
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Ouse Bridge
- Middleham Jewel
- The Norman Castle
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Mithras and Arimanius