Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Shambles
- The George Fox Incident
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bootham School
- 62 Low Petergate
- View from Station Rise
- Fairfax House
- Viking Silk Cap
- Crest of York St John College
- The First Minster
- Ripon College for Women
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The End of the Abbey
- Industrial Upheaval
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Railway Institute
- Gold Arm Ring