Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- The York Hoard
- Feeding Roman York
- Is York Cursed?
- The Norman Minster
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- A Pipkin
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Judges Lodging
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Norman House
- A New Vision For York
- The George Fox Incident
- The Battle of Marston Moor