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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York Garrison
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Horn of Ulf
- Medieval Prisons
- Feeding Roman York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York Castle Museum
- Gold Arm Ring
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Judges Lodging
- The Norman Minster
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Basilica
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- St Columba's United Reformed Church