Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Silver Strap Ends
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Military Belt Fitting
- Viking Coins
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Abbot's House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The York Observatory
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Female Prison