Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Yorkshire Museum
- Viking Coins
- King Richard II and York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Transport Moves On
- Water Lanes
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The York Helmet
- Statue of Napoleon
- John Carr - Architect
- The George Fox Incident
- Barker Tower
- Rowntree Park
- View from Station Rise
- York's Coat of Arms