Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Ripon College for Women
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Gold Finger Ring
- A New Vision For York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The 1190 Massacre
- Sixties York
- Roman Head Pot
- King Richard II and York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Military Belt Fitting
- Anglian Carving
- St William's Shrine
- All Saints Church, North Street