Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Walmgate Bar
- The George Fox Incident
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Mystery Plays
- A New Walk
- 62 Low Petergate
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Statue of an Athlete
- King Richard III and York
- A Pipkin
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Scarborough Bridge
- The York Observatory
- Archbishop Scrope Executed