Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York's Coat of Arms
- Statue of an Athlete
- Monk Bar
- York Union Gas Works
- The York Observatory
- Constantius Chlorus
- Middleham Jewel
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Lendal Tower
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- First World War Memorial
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart