Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Fishergate Bar
- The Bar Convent
- Medieval Prisons
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Norman Abbey
- Anglian Cross
- St William's Shrine
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Black Death
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Norman Window Frame
- Margaret Clitherow