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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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Gold Finger Ring
- The York Observatory
- The York Hoard
- The Railway Institute
- Constantius Chlorus
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The New Theatre
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- View from Station Rise
- Guy Fawkes
- Ripon College for Women
- The Retreat
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Walmgate Bar
- A Pipkin