Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Head Pot
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Dick Turpin
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Royal Station Hotel
- Feeding Roman York
- Micklegate Bar
- Barley Hall
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The First Railway Station
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Yorkshire Museum
- Constantius Chlorus
- A New Walk
- St Martin Le Grand Church