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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The County Court House
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Assembly Rooms
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York Union Gas Works
- Viking Male Grooming
- Medieval Prisons
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The End of the Abbey
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Black Death