Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- John Carr - Architect
- King Richard II and York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- King Edward I and York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Sixties York
- The Assembly Rooms
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bronze weights
- Constantius Chlorus
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- 62 Low Petergate
- Daniel Defoe's York