Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The York Hoard
- The Cawood Sword
- New Earswick
- Second World War York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Red Tower
- The Black Death
- The Bar Convent
- Bronze weights
- Church of St Olave
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Anglian Carving
- The Medieval Castle