Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Mystery Plays
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Cawood Sword
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Red Tower
- Lendal Tower
- The Abbot's House
- The Norman Abbey
- York in the fifteenth Century
- New Earswick
- Fire in the Minster
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Roman Fortress
- Transport Moves On