Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Holy Trinity Church
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Church of St Helen
- St Crux's Church
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The End of the Abbey
- Alcuin of York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Sixties York
- The Cawood Sword
- King Edward I and York
- The First Railway Station
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Norman House
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window