Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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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.
- Lendal Bridge
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Anglian Cross
- Micklegate Bar
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Abbot's House
- The York Hoard
- Church of St Helen
- Middleham Jewel
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The George Fox Incident
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Norman Castle
- York Garrison
- Church of St Olave
- The Minster in the 18th Century