Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Minster
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Eric Bloodaxe
- View from Station Rise
- The End of the Abbey
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Water Lanes
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Church of St Helen
- Fairfax House
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The 1190 Massacre
- Olive Oil Container
- Viking Boot
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The York Helmet