Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Sixties York
- The Retreat
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Anglian Cross
- King Richard II and York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Assembly Rooms
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Constantius Chlorus
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Bronze weights
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Lendal Tower
- Norman Window Frame