Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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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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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Clifford's Tower
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- King Edward II and York
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Norman Castle
- The Mystery Plays
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Cawood Sword
- Mary Ward
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate