Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- King Richard II and York
- King Richard III and York
- Anglian Carving
- Middleham Jewel
- New Shopping Centres
- Margaret Clitherow
- Church of St Olave
- York Castle Museum
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Daniel Defoe's York
- St Crux's Church
- The Mansion House
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Inscription from Fortress Gate