Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Silver Strap Ends
- Alcuin of York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Council of Arles
- Feeding Roman York
- De Grey Rooms
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Medieval Castle
- King Richard III and York
- Minster Library
- View from Station Rise
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York Bombed