Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Is York Cursed?
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Roman Fortress
- The Horn of Ulf
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Medieval Prisons
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Retreat
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- New Shopping Centres