Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Female Prison
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Black Death
- The Basilica
- Cinema Comes to York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The York Helmet
- York Art Gallery
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Medieval Prisons
- St William's Shrine
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Norman House
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Hospitium
- New Shopping Centres
- The Assembly Rooms