Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- Sixties York
- Teaching the Poor
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Norman House
- The Retreat
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Medieval Abbey
- Statue of an Athlete
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The York Observatory
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bootham Bar
- Bone Trial Piece