Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Clifford's Tower
- Roman Head Pot
- Anglian Cross
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Middleham Jewel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Central Methodist Chapel
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York's Airfield
- The Council of Arles