Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Ouse Bridge
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Fairfax House
- Fire in the Minster
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Medieval Prisons
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Black Death
- The Bar Convent
- The Railway Institute
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- View from Station Rise