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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Crest of York St John College
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Viking Silk Cap
- York Union Gas Works
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Statue of the God Mars
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Cawood Sword
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The New Theatre
- The Bar Convent
- New Earswick
- The 1190 Massacre
- Minster Library
- The Mystery Plays