Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Railway Station
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Water Lanes
- Feeding Roman York
- A New University
- George Leeman
- Viking Silk Cap
- Barker Tower
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Mansion House
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Mystery Plays
- Second World War York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York in the fifteenth Century