Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Minster
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Clifford's Tower
- Military Belt Fitting
- York Central Library
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- 62 Low Petergate
- King Richard III and York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Micklegate Bar
- The Mansion House
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bones of a Roman Combatant