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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Judges Lodging
- The Medieval Abbey
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York and the Holocaust
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Fishergate Bar
- The Multangular Tower
- Anglian Carving
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Viking Boot
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Mansion House
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Military Belt Fitting