Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Industrial Upheaval
- A New Walk
- The Minster in Viking Times
- First World War York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Church of St Olave
- The York Hoard
- De Grey Rooms
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Abbot's House
- The New Theatre
- The York Helmet
- Crest of York St John College
- Sixties York