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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Black Death
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Guildhall
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Basilica
- Fishergate Bar
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Clifford's Tower
- King Richard III and York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Treasurer's House
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The York Observatory
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York Castle Museum