Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Alcuin of York
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Treasurer's House
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Viking Coins
- The Female Prison
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Yorkshire Museum
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Victoria Bar
- The White Rose of York