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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The York Hoard
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Viking Coins
- Fishergate Bar
- The Black Death
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Ouse Bridge
- The First Railway Station
- York Bombed
- 62 Low Petergate
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- King Richard III and York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle