Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward II and York
- The Norman Abbey
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The End of the Abbey
- Ripon College for Women
- Statue of the God Mars
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- A New University
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Church of St Olave
- The Black Death
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Victorian Prison Building
- 62 Low Petergate
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Minster in the 18th Century