Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Guildhall
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The York Observatory
- Mary Ward
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Council of Arles
- The Medieval Minster
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Bar Convent
- York Bombed
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Medieval Castle