Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Red Tower
- The Mansion House
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Minster Library
- The Council of Arles
- The York Hoard
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Ripon College for Women
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Cinema Comes to York
- The County Court House
- Sixties York