Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- New Earswick
- 62 Low Petergate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Fairfax House
- Viking Silk Cap
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York Bombed
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Mystery Plays
- Ouse Bridge
- Teaching the Poor
- De Grey Rooms
- Military Belt Fitting
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- King Richard III and York