Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Norman Minster
- George Leeman
- The Black Death
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Teaching the Poor
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Bombed
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bronze weights
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Cawood Sword
- A New Vision For York
- Middleham Jewel
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa