Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Female Prison
- King Edward II and York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York Railway Station
- Roman Head Pot
- The Horn of Ulf
- Church of St Olave
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Sixties York
- St Crux's Church
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Crest of York St John College
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Minster Library