Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Constantius Chlorus
- Feeding Roman York
- Ripon College for Women
- Scarborough Bridge
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- New Earswick
- Viking Silk Cap
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bootham School
- The Debtors' Prison
- The York Helmet
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Railway Station
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Minster Library
- The New Theatre