Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Mary Ward
- The Norman House
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Medieval Castle
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Rowntree Park
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Multangular Tower
- Walmgate Bar
- Constantius Chlorus
- Guy Fawkes
- King Richard II and York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Norman Minster