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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Minster
- The Basilica
- Our Lady's Row
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York and the Holocaust
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- King Richard II and York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Walmgate Bar
- The Battle of the Standard
- St Crux's Church
- Middleham Jewel