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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Bar Convent
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Union Gas Works
- York and the Holocaust
- Bootham School
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Mansion House
- A New University
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Viking Boot
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Monk Bar