Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- Ouse Bridge
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Gold Finger Ring
- Bootham School
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Yorkshire Museum
- Inscription to Hecules
- King Edward I and York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York and the Holocaust
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Battle of the Standard
- Olive Oil Container
- Mary Ward
- Anglian Carving
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head