Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bootham Bar
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Anglian Cross
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- John Carr - Architect
- Our Lady's Row
- The Red Tower
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Clifford's Tower
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Horn of Ulf