Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The First Minster
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze weights
- Statue of an Athlete
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Medieval Minster
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- De Grey Rooms
- Feeding Roman York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York Bombed