Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Gold Finger Ring
- Victoria Bar
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Scarborough Bridge
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- First World War York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York and the Holocaust
- The Black Death