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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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- The First Minster
- Silver Strap Ends
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Second World War York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Lendal Bridge
- York and the Holocaust
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Rowntree Park
- Monk Bar
- First World War Memorial
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Retreat