Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Greyfriars
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- St Crux's Church
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Yorkshire Museum
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Alcuin of York
- King Edward II and York
- The Railway Institute
- Gold Finger Ring
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Lendal Bridge
- Teaching the Poor
- St Columba's United Reformed Church