Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Alcuin of York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Medieval Prisons
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Statue of the God Mars
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York Castle Museum
- Cinema Comes to York
- Yorkshire Museum
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Ouse Bridge
- Micklegate Bar