Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Micklegate Bar
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York Union Gas Works
- The York Observatory
- Medieval Prisons
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A New Walk
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Church of St Helen
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Red Tower
- The Norman House
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Basilica
- York's Airfield