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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Middleham Jewel
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Scarborough Bridge
- York Art Gallery
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Gold Finger Ring
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Norman Window Frame
- The First Minster
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Guy Fawkes
- The End of the Abbey
- The Norman Castle
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Statue of the God Mars