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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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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...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Mithras and Arimanius
- St William's Shrine
- Bootham School
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Military Belt Fitting
- King Richard III and York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Water Lanes
- York Garrison
- King Edward II and York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York's Airfield
- The Norman Minster
- Central Methodist Chapel