Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- King Edward II and York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York St John in the 20th Century
- William Etty, Artist
- The York Hoard
- Jubbergate
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Norman Minster
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Mary Ward
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York's Airfield