Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The George Fox Incident
- The Black Death
- The End of the Abbey
- Feeding Roman York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman Minster
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Mystery Plays
- Lendal Tower
- Judges Lodging
- Bootham School
- Monk Bar
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate