Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- The Norman Castle
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The George Fox Incident
- Treasurer's House
- The Cawood Sword
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Teaching the Poor
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Cinema Comes to York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Viking Male Grooming
- Second World War York
- Crest of York St John College
- York Castle Museum
- The Minster after the Reformation