Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Castle Museum
- York Bombed
- Judges Lodging
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Lendal Bridge
- The Female Prison
- The Norman House
- Bootham Bar
- The Cawood Sword
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Viking Silk Cap
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- George Leeman
- The York Hoard
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Basilica