Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- Micklegate Bar
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Assembly Rooms
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Scarborough Bridge
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- A Pipkin
- Victoria Bar
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Abbot's House
- King Edward III and York
- Olive Oil Container
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The York Observatory
- Anglian Carving
- The Newgate Cross Shaft