Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York's Airfield
- Monk Bar
- The First Minster
- The Assembly Rooms
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- King Edward I and York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Margaret Clitherow
- Roman Head Pot
- Is York Cursed?
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Female Prison
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Holy Trinity Church