Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Olive Oil Container
- The York Helmet
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- A New Vision For York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York Art Gallery
- York Central Library
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Our Lady's Row
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Viking Male Grooming
- The York Hoard
- Sixties York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Railway Institute