Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Crest of York St John College
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Church of St Olave
- Second World War York
- Water Lanes
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- St Crux's Church
- Ouse Bridge
- The York Hoard
- Fairfax House
- Middleham Jewel
- The Retreat
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York's Coat of Arms