Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Constantius Chlorus
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Viking Male Grooming
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Guy Fawkes
- The White Rose of York
- The Roman Fortress
- Vikings and Christianity
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Church of St Wilfrid
- King Richard II and York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Military Belt Fitting
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Black Death