Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Viking Male Grooming
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- 62 Low Petergate
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bone Trial Piece
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York Central Library
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Norman Castle
- The Norman Abbey
- Judges Lodging
- St William's Shrine