Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman House
- Bronze weights
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- St William's Shrine
- Dick Turpin
- Teaching the Poor
- The Guildhall
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Scarborough Bridge
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Inscription to Hecules
- Clifford's Tower
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Hospitium
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle